I love Groo but I've used a fairly dodgy screenshot for a couple of years now and figured it was time to update. So I found an old painting "Bayard Defends the Bridge on the Garigliano" by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (painted in 1840). I like the painting a lot but wanted to make it a bit more 'me' so I ran it through the Google Flow until I was happy with the results and next thing you know I have a new banner. Hopefully the details aren't too small.
The "Bayard" in the painting is Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, one of the most celebrated knights in French history. The painting shows the Battle of Garigliano (1503) in which seigneur de Bayard held a narrow bridge against pursuing Spanish forces and did so long enough for the French army to escape.
Ironically, Pierre Terrail Seigneur de Bayard did not die at the battle on the Garigliano. He was mortally wounded in 1524 during the Battle of the Sesia while covering a different French retreat.
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