Tom Holland

And then in the summer of 1535, two things happen that are absolutely disastrous.

One of the Pizarro brothers takes a fancy to Manco's sister, who is also his wife.

And secondly, the feud between the Pizarro brothers and Diego de Almagro reaches boiling point.

And what will we be talking about next time?

Manco summons his people to war.

The battle for Cuzco, one of the greatest sieges in the history of the Americas.

pizarro's darkest hour and the bloody climax of his feud with his former business partner diego de almagro so still so much to come um and rest is history club members can hear that episode right now of course and if you would like to join them if you would like to pile in to the cuzco of our special offer in the rest is history club then you can go to the rest is history.com and do so there but for now goodbye bye

Hello everyone, Tom Holland here, and I am joined by the great Laura Cumming, and we are looking at painting in history, four paintings that reflect a particular period in history.

We'll be looking at the history of the painting itself, the life of the artist, and teasing out the mysteries that shadow all four paintings.

And today we will be looking at the Angelus by Jean-François Millet, mid-19th century painting.

Is it an expression of French Catholicism?

Is it an expression of French Jacobinism?

Could it possibly be both?

That is the mystery we will be exploring today.

Hello, everyone.

Welcome back to our series on great paintings from history.

And today we have arrived at the final painting in our series.

And with me, as she has been throughout our previous three episodes in the series, is Laura Cumming.

And Laura, today's painting, we're in mid 19th century France.

What is the painting?