Cavalry in Battle
Medium
Red chalk, with brush and gray and brown wash, on buff laid paper
Dimensions
17.8 × 30.4 cm (7 1/16 × 12 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84050
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Philips Wouwerman · 1619–1668
Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.