Soldiers Bivouacking
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
28 5/8 x 41 1/8 in. (72.7 x 104.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932
Accession Number
32.75.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Soldiers Bivouacking by Pieter Snayers captures the gritty reality of military life in 17th-century Europe. This oil on wood panel, measuring 28⅝ × 41⅛ inches, depicts soldiers resting in a makeshift camp amid expansive landscapes dotted with horses and fellow men-at-arms. Snayers, a Flemish Baroque painter (1592–1667), specialized in such intimate battle and bivouac scenes, often commissioned by nobility to glorify or document the era's endless conflicts like the Eighty Years' WarThe meticulous technique of oil on wood allowed Snayers to render fine details—from the textures of tents and ar...