A Cavalry Skirmish
1635
oil
panel
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
1635
oil
panel
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
A Cavalry Skirmish is a 1635 oil by Jan Martszen de Jonge, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at National Museum in Warsaw.
This painting shows a chaotic scene of a cavalry skirmish. Many horsemen are fighting, with some falling off their horses. The horses are brown, white, and black, and the men are wearing armor and holding swords and spears. The background is a cloudy sky with birds flying overhead. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and yellow pants is riding a white horse, holding a sword in his right hand. Another man is lying on the ground, wounded. The painting is done in oil paint and has a lot of detail, with the horses and men looking very realistic. The artist who painted this, Jan Martszen de Jonge, was known for his battle scenes.
Jan Martszen de Jonge (1609–1647) was an artist, born in Haarlem.
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