LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

104.5 x 136 cm.

Description:

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Markings:

signed.

Literature:

P. Hrncirik and R. Sennewald, Pieter Snayers, 1592-1667: Battle Painter of the 17th Century, Berlin, 2018, pp. 348-351, illustrated. , L. Kelchtermans, Geschilderde gevechten, gekleurde verslagen. Een contextuele analyse van Peter Snayers' (1592-1667) topografische strijdtaferelen voor de Habsburgse elite tussen herinnering en verheerlijking, PhD thesis, University of Louvain, 2013, II, p. 35, illustrated.

Provenance:

Commissioned from the artist in August 1649 by Ottavio Piccolomini (1599-1656), Commander in Chief of the army of the Holy Roman Empire. , Anonymous sale [The second part from an old Austrian collection]; Dr Stri, Zurich, 12 Mai 1924, lot 110, where catalogued as signed. , Schelto, Baron van Heemstra (1879-1960), Arnhem, by circa 1925, and by descent in the family. , Anonymous sale; Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 25 April 1978 (=2nd day), lot 102b. , Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1984, lot 53, when acquired by the present owner. ,