The Chivalric Vow of the Ladies of the Peacock
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| Artist | Daniel Maclise |
| Year | 1835 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 169 cm × 292 cm (67 in × 115 in) |
| Location | Government Art Collection |
The Chivalric Vow of the Ladies of the Peacock is an 1835 history painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise.[1] Depicting a banquet scene, It draws inspiration by the Medieval epic poem Vows of the Peacockby Jacques de Longuyon and a passage from Sir Walter Scott's 1805 poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel.[2]
The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1835 at Somerset House in London. Maclise went on to become a noted artist of the Victorian era, celebrated for his The Death of Nelson. Today the painting is in the Government Art Collection, having been acquired in 1977.[3]
