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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.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Battlefield
Karel Dujardin
- Date
- 1652
- Medium
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 17.1 x 19.9 cm (6 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1992.5.1
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1651 to 1700
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Dutch
- etching
- drypoint
- military
Provenance
V? (Lugt 2008c)
Inscription
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
Marks
verso: unidentified collector mark in purple [Lugt 2008c]
NGA object ID 74775. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.