Battle scene

Material, technology: oil, canvas

Size: 38 x 51.5 cm

Description: It is extremely hard, if at all possible, to explore the exact source of the many 17th-18th century battle scenes and to identify their creators. The pictures were rarely signed, the compositions are very much alike, and the lifeworks of battle painters are little known. One of the initiators of the genre, French Jacques Courtois (Bourguignon 1621-1676), who worked in Italy, is usually the generic name used for a variety of battle-pieces.