DrawingsFlemish17th century

Allegory of the Battle of White Mountain

17th century

Artists

Aegidius Sadeler IIArtist

Monogrammist W.B.Previous attribution

Aegidius Sadeler IIPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, graphite and white opaque watercolor on two pieces of antique laid paper, joined vertically and prepared with ochre wash, framing line in black ink

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.9 x 39.9 cm (7 13/16 x 15 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Carl Rolas du Rosey, Dresden (L. 2237, lower right), his sale; [Rudolph Weigel, Leipzig, 5 September 1864, lot 5030 (as Carl Gustav Amling). Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, Larchmont, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1978.

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