- Museum number
- 1946,0713.1105
- Description
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Cavalry engagement with a horseman attacking a foot soldier with his sword in the centre; page from an album
Pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash
- Production date
- 1636-1676
- Dimensions
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Height: 100 millimetres
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Width: 151 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For commentary on this album see 1946,0713.1083
Lit.: A.E. Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., F.R.S., now in the possession of his Grandson, T. Fitzroy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham', I, London, 1935, p. 218, no. 23; N. Turner, 'Italian Drawings in the BM, Roman Baroque Drawings', London, 1999, I, no. 52(23)
Turner 1999
As Holt pointed out (1966, p. 349 and fig. 12), this drawing corresponds, with only minor differences, to a painting by Giacomo in the Corsini Gallery, Florence. The drawing may also have inspired Giacomo's 'Cavalry Engagement in a Hilly Landscape' (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 June 1978, lot 65).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Acquisition notes
- See N. Turner, 'Italian Drawings in the BM, Roman Baroque Drawings', London, 1999, I, no. 52 for a full account of provenance
Turner 1999
The sketchbook of 72 sheets, which had survived intact with the previous owners, was broken up to form these four lots); thenceforth the drawings were widely scattered, and the ownership of those that make up the British Museum volume, from the period of their dispersal after Crozat's sale to their acquisition by Lawrence, is largely unknown, except for 1946,0713.1103, 1946,0713.1105-1107 and 1946,0713.1108-1114; if, indeed, 1946,0713.1108-1946,0713.1109 belong to the group). The pencil inscription "306/32" in the upper centre of each of the mounts is a reference to the Woodburn sale.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1946,0713.1105
