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A Battle Scene with Roman Soldiers in a Landscape

Drawing
late 17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Meulen, Adam François Van Der (artist)
Place of origin
Flanders (drawn)

Battle piece; a desperate fight for Roman standards on the left;

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleA Battle Scene with Roman Soldiers in a Landscape (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and black ink, with grey and yellow wash over graphite, heightened with white. There are some incised lines, e.g. around the outlines of the spears.
Pen and Ink
Grey Wash
Graphite
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Heightening
Brief description
Drawing 'A Battle Scene with Roman Soldiers in a Landscape', Anonymous Flemish, pen and black ink, late 17th century
Physical description
Battle piece; a desperate fight for Roman standards on the left;
Dimensions
  • Height: 103mm
  • Width: 175mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 573 (Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.))
  • Van der Meulen (Inscribed on the old mount, in pencil: by Dyce)
  • 751 (Inscribed on the old mount, in pencil: by Dyce at lower right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869
Subjects depicted
Battle
Standards
Horses
Soldiers
Spears
Shield
Bibliographic references
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 628, illus.
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.573

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O517586/a-battle-scene-with-roman-drawing-unknown/
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