A Battle Scene
Date17th Century
Object PlaceFrance, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions22 inches × 13 1/4 inches (55.88 × 33.66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Object number09.24
DescriptionIn center foreground is a soldier in armor, wearing a tricorn hat with feather, holding a smoking pistol aimed at a turbaned man wielding a sword. The latter's white horse has fallen and a standing man appears to be stabbing (?) the still-seated rider. A dead turbaned figure lies in the center foreground. Loosely defined figures with swords and spears, surrounded by smoke, fills the left foreground. On the right side of the composition a second battle, painted in 'ghostly' white, takes place in the mid -ground. Mountains are visible on the horizon and a tree and rocks frame the right edge of the composition.
Landscape thought to be attributed to.....On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 1, B
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
T. J. Ireland, Esq.
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641
