A Battle on Horseback

1510s

Domenico Campagnola

Associated Names
Domenico Campagnola

Artist, Venetian, before 1500 - 1564

This is a drawing of a battle scene with horses and warriors. The image is filled with figures in motion, illustrating the intensity of the skirmish. Horses are shown galloping and rearing, while warriors engage in combat with shields and weapons. The detailed linework conveys movement and drama, with overlapping forms emphasizing the complexity of the battle. Fine lines and cross-hatching add depth and texture to capture the energy and chaos of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19 × 31 cm (7 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.75.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tietze and Tietze-Conrat 1944, no. 497, as "shop (later member of the family)"

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Peter Lely [1618 - 1680] London (Lugt 2092). Victor Koch, London. (sale, Christie's London, 19 April 1988, no. 31). William Rudolf, Hampden, CT; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of the Venetian Painters. New York, 1944: no. 497, as "shop (later member of the family)."

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Campagnola; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Covered with [not deciphered] paper; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Polidoro called Caravaggio 1498 - 1545 / fr. Sir Peter Lely's Coll; fr. Sir Peter Lely's Coll; by later hand in graphite: rough tracing of watermark

Markings

Sir Peter Lely [1618 - 1680] London (Lugt 2092)

Watermarks

three hills(?) in a circle with a Latin cross above

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