Een legerkamp
ca. 1665 - 1668
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
41.8; 8; 49.2
About this artwork
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Art Historical Context
Philips Wouwerman’s *Een legerkamp* captures the quiet rhythms of military life during the Dutch Golden Age. Painted around 1665–1668, the small oil-on-panel scene reflects a period when the young Dutch Republic was still shaped by decades of conflict, including the Eighty Years’ War. Wouwerman, one of the era’s sought-after specialists in cavalry subjects, transforms an ordinary encampment into a lively yet orderly composition filled with soldiers, horses, and camp followers. Working on a modest panel measuring just over 40 by 50 centimeters, Wouwerman demonstrates his celebrated ability to ...
About the Artist
Philips Wouwerman
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.