Battaglia de Ungari, from 'Battles of Different Nations' (Capricci di varie battaglie)
ca. 1600–40
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 in. × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 13.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.621.24
Art Historical Context
Johann Wilhelm Baur’s *Battaglia de Ungari* offers a vivid glimpse into the dramatic world of 17th-century battle imagery. Created as part of his series *Capricci di varie battaglie* (Caprices of Various Battles), this small etching captures the intensity of a Hungarian conflict with remarkable detail. Measuring just four by five-and-a-half inches, the print demonstrates Baur’s mastery of the etching technique, which allowed him to render swirling figures, weapons, and landscapes with fine, expressive lines. Active in the early 1600s, Baur specialized in these compact, dynamic scenes that bro...
About the Artist
Johann Wilhelm Baur · 1607–1642
Johann Wilhelm Baur was a German draughtsman, painter, and printmaker who came of age in the early seventeenth century and built his reputation through the production of finely detailed illustrations and miniatures. Though the precise details of his training remain incompletely documented, Baur developed his skills in the tradition of German and Northern European graphic art, showing influences fr...