A Castle Calm Above the Battle

A timber-framed castle with six rooms, where quiet royal life carries on beside a fight. Top left is the queen's bedroom, with a canopy bed; the queen hands a small crown to a boy while a maid searches the chest. In the next room a king in a red cape and a boy point over a table model of a map-covered kingdom. At top right is a chapel with a white stag tapestry, where a monk reads and a wounded knight sits against the wall. Downstairs, three armoured knights swing swords in the great hall among broken benches, under a roaring fireplace and chandeliers. Next to it, the armoury shows armour suits and helmets, two boys fitting a breastplate. In the stone kitchen cooks prepare a goose by a brick oven. Heraldic shields and banners tie each room to the whole.