Battle at Prague in 1620

Snayers, Peeter (1592-1667)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1620-1667
Height:
170.0 cm  (66 15/16 in.)
Width:
265.0 cm  (104 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

La bataille de Prague 1620

    Item location

  • Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
    [Museum inv. no.: 1835]

Description

Group of soldiers, two pairs are playing trumpets, one soldier is holding a folded trumpet, one is playing a folded trumpet, two are playing kettledrums, with a group of numerous other soldiers on horseback or foot.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]
Trumpet [4446]
Trumpet [4446]
Trumpet [4446]
Trumpet [4446]
Trumpet [4446]
Kettledrum [2887] (two sticks)
Kettledrum [2887] (two sticks)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) vol. 2, 134, cat. 601, pl. XCIV. ISBN 3873973502. RILM 1977-2183.

RIdIM record id

1494