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Although no exact date is known for Joan of Arc's birth, many believe the Maid of Orléans was born on 6 January 1412. To mark the 600th anniversary of her birth, we present a selection of images of Joan and her legacy from the akg archive.

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A portrait of Joan of Arc on horseback from a French illuminated manuscript, circa 1505
akg-images / Erich Lessing

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N. M. Dyudin's 1848 painting Jeanne d'Arc
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A drawing of Joan from the register of the Parisian parliament, 1428-36, amongst notes about the siege of Orléans
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A 1924 illustration by Charles Ricketts for an edition of George Bernard Shaw's 'Saint Joan'
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Joan is called by the Archangel Michael in an illustration, circa 1918/20, by Job
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Eugène Lemepveu's 1858 painting of Joan entering besieged Orléans, 29 April 1429
akg-images / François Guénet

 

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Alexandre Millin du Perreux's 1819 painting of Joan's entry into the castle at Lôches, 8 May 1429
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Joan arrives at the Castle of Chinon, greeted by Charles VII, in this 15th-century German tapestry
akg-images / Erich Lessing

 

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Paul Delaroche's 1824 painting of Joan of Arc interrogated by the Bishop of Winchester
akg-images / Erich Lessing

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An engraving of the execution of Joan of Arc after a 1858 fresco by Eugène Lenepveu
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Two views of the equestrian statue of Joan by Emmanuel Fremiet on the Place des Pyramides in Paris: first, a view from 1950...
akg-images / Jules Dortes

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... and one from 1992
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Henri Chapu's 1873 sculpture of Joan
akg-images / Erich Lessing

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A photo postcard, circa 1910, with a recreation of the execution of Joan by the English
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An exterior view of Joan's birthplace in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, circa 2000
Hervé Champollion / akg-images

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Ingrid Bergman in Victor Fleming's 1948 Joan of Arc
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A US poster from World War One promoting savings stamps
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