Mounted Sentry Overlooking a Panoramic Landscape with Soldiers and Horses
1625 - 1699
Medium
pen and light brown ink, with grey and black wash, over graphite
Dimensions
173; 213
About this artwork
…; acquired by the museum, by 1872; first recorded in the museum in 1973
Art Historical Context
Philips Wouwerman (5–1699), a prominent Dutch Golden Age artist, masterfully captured the drama of 17th-century life in this intimate drawing, *Mounted Sentry Overlooking aoramic Landscape with Soldiers Horses*. Wouwerman specialized in equestrian and battle scenes, often depicting expansive landscapes teeming with soldiers, horses and subtle narratives of vigilance and camaraderie. Here, a mounted sentry surveys a sweeping vista, evoking the of wartime Europe during the Dutch Republic's era of prosperity and conflict. Executed in pen and light brown ink with grey and black wash over graphite...
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.