Allegory on the Turkish Wars

c. 1600

Hans von Aachen

Associated Names
Hans von Aachen

Artist, German, 1552 - 1615

This is a drawing of a battle scene with a mythical element. The drawing depicts a chaotic battle scene filled with numerous figures, armed and in combat. One figure stands prominently in the center, gesturing. Another figure is clad in armor. A unique element in the drawing is the depiction of a goat riding a fish with a sprouting flower, positioned in the clouds above the battle. The composition is circular, drawn with light colors and fluid lines capturing movement and energy.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (Lugt 622)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 100.

Bibliography

1982

  • Kaufmann 1982, 54.

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 74.

2010

  • Fusenig, Thomas, ed. Hans von Aachen (1552-1615), Court Artist in Europe. Exh. cat. Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen. Berlin, 2010: 36, fig. 40.

Inscriptions

upper left verso: 91 V.M.[?]; lower right verso in red: 9[87?]; lower right verso: FS

Watermarks

Grape

Wikidata ID

Q64573026

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