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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This painting represents an encounter between Turkish cavalry and unidentified Christian troops. Jan van Huchtenburg tried to find a balance between the overall dramatic effect of the battle and isolated incidents in the foreground. A horseman fires his gun against an infantryman who tries to protect himself with his shield, while some soldiers attempt to escape by way of the river. Fortresses and round towers command the mountainous landscape beyond the clouds of smoke. The constant threat that the Turkish armies posed to Western Europe in the seventeenth century explains the popularity of this type of battle scene. | Subjects: | military and war; figure; landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Huchtenburgh, Jan van (Dutch painter, 1647-1733) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9040... | Go to resource |
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