St. Joan of Arc (JM 28) (Style 1) Rack Card

Customise the front for your church, school, or organisation and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background or frame colour? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Colour Palette postcard for this image. Colour Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to colour palettes. + St. Joan of Arc, the “Maid of Orleans”, is patron saint of women who serve in the military. In this depiction, her military career is emphasized. St. Joan is clad in contemporary 15th-century plate armour and shoulders a sword in a scabbard ornamented with fleur di lis. The fleur di lis, a stylised lily, is a motif rich in heraldic, political, and religious significance. + Feast: May 30 + Image Credit (JM 28): Detail of an antique image of St. Joan of Arc, originally published in chromolithography by Josef Müller Art Publisher, Munich and New York, first quarter of the 20th century, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. This is just one of over sixty images in a very popular style of devotional prints issued in several sizes and formats by Müller at the turn of the last century.