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This picture is unsigned, but is attributed to Jan van Huchtenburgh – a specialist painter of battle scenes – on the basis of a stylistic comparison with other works signed by him. The way he has created a sense of depth is particularly interesting here. In the immediate foreground we are confronted directly with the reality of war – the bodies of two soldiers and a horse lie dead or wounded and four horsemen engage in close combat immediately behind them. The smoke from the pistols suggests that this is the moment when two more men or horses are about to fall. A line of infantrymen, pikes raised, appears to be charging on the right while, on the left, another skirmish and two retreating horsemen lead our eye back to a village burning in the distance.
Title
A Battle
Date
about 1680
Medium
Oil on canvas, stuck on an oak panel
Measurements
H 42.8 x W 58.3 cm
Accession number
NG211
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Richard Simmons, 1847
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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