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Description: | The painting depicts a battle between Christians and Turks. The absence of any specific insignia makes any supposed connection to the Order of St John tenuous. The castle in the background has not been identified and is likely to be non-specific in any case. This is a generalised battle scene, more from the artist's imagination than from reality; whether it was originally intended to represent the Knights of Malta defending fort St Elmo, a battle of Greeks and Turks, or crusaders in the Holy Land, it is obvious that the artist himself had never witnessed these events or locations, and used mainly his imagination as a source. | Subjects: | military and war; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Courtois, Jacques (French painter and printmaker, 1621-1676, active in Italy) Æ Attributed to school of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8598... | Go to resource |
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