Battlefield

1652

Karel Dujardin

Associated Names
Karel Dujardin

Artist, Dutch, 1626 - 1678

This is a drawing of a horseman surveying the aftermath of a battle scene. In the foreground, a rider on horseback appears engaged in looking over the fallen figures below, while the bodies of two figures lie lifeless on the ground. Another horse is standing or lying down near them. In the background, a skirmish seems to be taking place on a ridge, where several figures on horseback are depicted with raised flags. The drawing employs fine linework and shading to convey a sense of motion and a somber atmosphere in a historical or mythological context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 17.1 x 19.9 cm (6 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.5.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 28, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

V? (Lugt 2008c)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: K.DV.J fe / 1652; lower right in plate: 28; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: ancienne epr-; by later hand, lower left verso in ink: (undeciphered) 85

Markings

verso: unidentified collector mark in purple [Lugt 2008c]

Wikidata ID

Q75118139

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