Battle before Vienna

Hoecke, Robert van den (1622-1668)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1656
Height:
18.5 cm  (7 5/16 in.)
Width:
23.0 cm  (9 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on wood

    Item location

  • private collection, Bruxelles (as of 1981)

Description

Trio of soldiers, one playing kettle drums and the other two playing folded trumpets.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446] (2 trumpets)
Kettledrum [2887] (pair of drums)

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century. II (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) 69, cat. 293, pl. XCIII.

RIdIM record id

812