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Description: | The popularity of cavalry scenes such as this arose towards the mid seventeenth century and endured into the eighteenth. The combined influence of the most prominent artists manifested in the paintings of a number of followers and imitators. The debate continues, therefore, over the attribution of this painting and its pair. While the pendant depicts a Roman conflict, the horsemen in this composition appear seventeenth-century. Although this might imply a battle contemporary to the artist, it is more likely to be an imagined skirmish, invented to convey an energetic melee of colour and movement. | Subjects: | military and war; animal (horse); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Calza, Antonio (Italian painter, 1653-1725) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Courtois, Jacques (French painter and printmaker, 1621-1676, active in Italy) Previously attributed to Parrocel, Pierre (French painter and printmaker, 1670-1739) Previously attributed to Rosa, Salvator (Italian painter and engraver, 1615-1673) Previously attributed to Wouwerman, Philips (Dutch painter, 1619-1668) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8839... | Go to resource |
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