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Albert Lynch's iconic 1903 depiction of Joan of Arc is a widely recognized Art Nouveau-style portrait, often reproduced from a color engraving that appeared in the French magazine Le Figaro Illustré. The image shows a serene Joan in silvery armor holding a banner before Notre Dame with lilies at her feet.

Though the original oil painting remains in a private collection, the 1903 engraved version reached a wide audience and helped popularize Joan’s image in the early twentieth century France. This was a period of intense interest in national heros, and led to Joan being canonized only a few decades later in 1920.