Death of Roland Laporte, August 14, 1704

This illustration by Alphonse de Neuville depicts the death of Roland Laporte, known as Rolland, on 14 August 1704, in the context of the War of the Camisards. The scene shows a violent and confused clash in which horsemen and infantrymen fight in a rural landscape, while several bodies already lie on the ground. The image emphasizes the brutality of the confrontation, the disordered mobility of the combatants, and the dramatic end of the Camisard leader, a major figure of the Protestant uprising in the Cévennes after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Produced long after the events, the work is not a direct witness but a historical reconstruction that contributes to the visual memory of these late religious wars and Protestant revolts under the reign of Louis XIV.