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Mounted Sentry Overlooking a Panoramic Landscape with Soldiers and Horses

Philips Wouwerman

1625 - 1699

Medium

pen and light brown ink, with grey and black wash, over graphite

Dimensions

h 173mm × w 213mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; ink; graphite (mineral)

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

(military) camp with tents; land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen); guard duty, keeping sentry

Acquisition Method

unknown

Notes

…; acquired by the museum, by 1872; first recorded in the museum in 1973

Collection Type

drawings

About Philips Wouwerman

1619–1668 • Dutch Republic

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.