Battle Scene
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Dove si trova «Battle Scene» oggi? Victoria and Albert Museum, Europe 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery, Londra. Sì, esposta ora. Verificato 25 settembre 2026.
Londra, Regno Unito
SalaEurope 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery
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Jan Martszen the Younger (ca. 1607-after 1647) lived mainly in Haarlem but was also active in Amsterdam and Delft. He specialised in military skirmishes scenes and provided, during the 1630s and 1640s, a series of design for prints published in Amsterdam by Pieter Nolpe (1613/14-1652/3), sharing commissions at times with Pieter and Paulus Potter, Pieter Quast and Bartholomeus Breenbergh. He was the presumed master of Jan Asselijn (ca.1615-52), leading member of the 'second generation' of Dutch Italianate painters, who started as a battle painter.
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The painting shows a battle scene presented as warfare rather than proper combat. A lone tree in the foreground is used as a repoussoir device so as to draw the attention on the riding soldier, about to join the tangle of soldiers fighting in the background, as well as to provide the picture with a stronger sense of depth. Characteristic of Dutch battle scene paintings and more specifically of Martszen's production are the small-scale format and the absence of precise historical context. The artists of that period intended to render the generic idea of the contemporary Eighty Years' War rather than particular episodes.
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- 621-1901
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- Victoria and Albert Museum
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