Portrait of Charles VII
Jean Fouquet · Public Domain Mark 1.0 / domaine public
This portrait depicts Charles VII, King of France from 1422 to 1461. The sovereign is shown frontally, wearing a broad red robe and a blue hat, in a sober and solemn composition. The image evokes the gradual restoration of royal authority after the crises of the Hundred Years’ War, the reconquest of the kingdom, and Charles VII’s central role in rebuilding the monarchical state.