Le pas de Suze forcé par Louis XIII

Lorrain, Claude (1604-1682)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1630-1635

Height:

28.5 cm  (11 1/4 in.)

Width:

41.5 cm  (16 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on copper

Description

The painting depicts French king Louis XIII's army's victory against Swiss troops in Susa, a city in the Alps. At the center of the painting, two soldiers on horseback are blowing their trumpets over the scene.

Iconclass

45I
after the battle
48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Lallement, Nicole. "Inventaire des tableaux à sujets musicaux du musée du Louvre. II: La peinture française des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 1. tableaux conservés au musée", Musique, images, instruments: Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 3 (1997) 194, no. 41.

RIdIM record id

2436