by Moorland Productions

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Raduit De Souches

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Raduit De Souches was a French general who saved the Czech city of Brno from siege by the Swedish. He is depicted in the Baroque theatrical style of his funerary monument aginst the 'faux marbre' illusionistic painting of marble from that time, and using the Baroque drawing style of Poussin where only three tones are used: dark, mid-tone and light, to suggest roundness of form. The decorative element is derived from Bohemian embroidery patterns.

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