Battle scene with a man about to be stabbed with a sword at lower right
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 13 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (33.6 × 22 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (40 × 24.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1926
Accession Number
26.36.436
Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of 18th-century European printmaking, this dramatic etching from 1730 the chaos of battle with visceral intensity. Titled *Battle Scene with a Man about to be Stabbed with a Sword at Lower Right*, it is a collaborative work by Guillaume Francois Laurent Debrie and Janpar Philips. Debrie, a skilled French etcher, likely executed the intricate lines, while Philips, a Dutch artist known for his dynamic compositions, contributed the design. The etching medium—where acid etches fine lines into a metal plate—allowed for remarkable detail in depicting clashing figures, swirling ...
About the Artist
Guillaume Francois Laurent Debrie|Jan Caspar Philips (French|Dutch) · 1727 |1700 –1755 |1775
French, active 1727–55|Dutch, ca. 1700–1775