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Battle Scene: a Cavalry Engagement
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Battle Scene: a Cavalry Engagement

17th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over faint traces of black chalk

Dimensions

7 5/16 x 11 5/16 in. (18.6 x 28.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jacques Courtois

1621–1676County of Burgundy

A specialist in battle paintings, he also painted religious and other scenes. As a teenager, Courtois left France for Italy with his young brother, Guillaume. He drew military campaigns, then studied in Bologna, Florence, and Siena, arriving in Rome by 1638. He worked primarily in Italy. He joined the Jesuit order in 1657.