the death of Maugis), Vivien de Monbranc (story of the brother of Maugis), Beuve d'Aigremont (story of the father of Maugis, Beuve d'Aigremont, brother to Girart de Roussillon and Doon de Nanteuil). Renaud, as Rinaldo, also became an important character in Italian Renaissance epics, including Morgante by Luigi Pulci, Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. (For more info on the character and his appearance in other texts, see Renaud de Montauban.) In other media Literature Proust briefly makes use of this tale in "Swann in Love" by describing chemical workers of France toiling among sculptures of this tale's characters. Visual arts Jacques Laudy illustrated a comic book version of the tale for the weekly Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin from 1946 to 1947 (including several covers). Music and performing arts Franz Joseph Glæser, a Czech/Danish composer, wrote a work called Die vier Haimonskinder (1809). Les quatre fils Aymon (1844) is an opera by Michael William Balfe, written for the Opéra-Comique (also popular in German-speaking countries for many years as Die Vier Haimonskinder). During the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, the story of Les Quatre Fils Aymon was made into a play that was banned by the German authorities, because of the sympathy it displayed for resisting authority; the play was performed underground and became quite popular. La Légende des fils Aymon, a stage work by Frédéric Kiesel, was created in 1967 in Habay-la-Neuve. Les Quatre Fils Aymon is a ballet by Maurice Béjart and Janine Charrat from 1961. Sculpture The four brothers—usually represented all together seated on their horse Bayard—have inspired many sculptures: The oldest extant statue is found on a tomb in Portugal (dated to the first half of the 12th century). A bronze statue (Ros Beyaert) depicting the four sons of Aymon (Reinout, Adelaert, Ritsaert and Writsaert) on their horse Beyaert (Bayard), was erected on the central approach avenue to the Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) held in Ghent, Belgium. This statue was created by Aloïs de Beule and Domien Ingels. One of the most famous representations was created by Olivier Strebelle for the Expo 58. Situated by the Meuse in Namur, Belgium, the horse appears to want to carry its riders across the river with a leap. Another statue created by Albert Poncin and showing the four brothers standing beside their horse can be found at Bogny-sur-Meuse, France. Dendermonde,