LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

46.50 in. (118.10 cm.) (height) by 71.26 in. (181.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's owl device (lower right); with identifying(?) inscriptions 'HERTOGHE·VAN·WLLE·BERGEG' (lower right, on a tent), 'BISCOP·VANTVRNAXX[I?]GRA[F?]' (centre left, on a tent), 'NOMEN[...]' (lower left, on the tabard of a commander) and 'MOROSVSDEVISSE' (centre, on a tent)

Literature:

P. Martens, 'La puissance de l'artillerie de Charles Quint au milieu du XVIe siècle: le sìege de Thérouanne en 1553', in N. Faucherre and N. Prouteau, eds., Artillerie et fortifications 1200-1550 (Actes du Colloque international à Pathenay (Deux-Sèvres), 1-3 décembre 2006), Rennes, illustrated (forthcoming). P. Martens, 'The sieges of Thérouanne: a woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz. and its reuse in other prints and paintings', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, illustrated (forthcoming).

Provenance:

Karl August Lingner (1861-1916), entrepreneur and philanthropist, circa 1880, and by inheritance to the present owners.