Wells, Joanna Boyce (1831-1861) - The Departure, An Episode of the Child's Crusade 1857-61

During the so-called "Childs' Crusade," bands of boys left Germany and France in the 12th century in pilgrimage to the Holy Land, intending to claim it for Christianity. The painting shows a young mother clad in red kneeling with a grief-stricken expression and embracing the younger of her two boys before their departure. 

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