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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.133
Description
A village pillaged by cavalry; an inn at left foreground with a crown sign above the door, a loaded cart, wagons and cattle in front, cavalry behind galloping to meet a body coming from the other direction, houses beyond at right Pen and brown ink with grey wash and watercolour, on two sheets conjoined
Producer name
Drawn by:
Jacob Savery I
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1603
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
376 millimetres
Width:
524 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Literature: H. Mielke, Pieter Bruegel. Die Zeichnungen, 1996, p.85 the signature reproduced fig. B10.
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.197(1))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
cavalry
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Young Ottley
(T Philipe, 18.vi.1814/1235 as 'Savery - One, a capital landschape, full of figures; troops attacking a village, others defending the baggage of an army - fine pen and colour; a winter view, dated 1603 - rare', sold for £2-4-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L.2445)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 4.vi.1860/94 as 'Brueghel - A village festival - bistre wash; Savery - Soldiers sacking a village; and Bosch - The temptation of St Anthony - bistre', 3 in the lot, bt Phillipps £2-16-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.133