Painting, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France

Baptism of Clovis, oil painting, 1825, by Jean Alaux, 1786-1864, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts or Fine Art Museum, founded 1794, Reims, Marne, France. The scene depicts Bishop Remi baptising Clovis using a shell, with queen Clotilde kneeling in prayer on the right. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Baptism of Clovis, oil painting, 1825, by Jean Alaux, 1786-1864, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts or Fine Art Museum, founded 1794, Reims, Marne, France. The scene depicts Bishop Remi baptising Clovis using a shell, with queen Clotilde kneeling in prayer on the right. Picture by Manuel Cohen