Sold for GBP 325,000 in Dec 2020 The Conquest of Tunis (1535) was a battle of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars that was fought between a Habsburg/Christian alliance (backed by the Hafsid dynasty) and the Ottoman Empire (backed by two French galleys). The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, assembled an invasion force…

Estimate for 20,000–30,000 GBP in December 2023 This thick panel undoubtedly corresponds to a votive work bearing the arms of the von Metzsch family, Germany (their coats of arms depicted in the lower right corner). The central scene, representing death and a young woman fighting for the survival of the…

Wyeth intended The Bloody Angle to evoke the general horror of war and specifically. “Then the storm broke, “and the angle became the spot on earth where, it is estimated, in all the history of the earth the musketry fire was the heaviest. It became The Bloody Angle.” Wyeth compressed…

Fragment from the second cartoon for the mural “The Retreat at Marignano” for the weapon room in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. This artwork of Hodler is also known as: F.Hodler, Sterbender Krieger. The Battle of Marignano was the last major engagement of the War of the League of…

The painting, executed in the style of a fresco, is composed horizontally. In the lower zone, the motif of the departure is carried out in two individually designed groups; in the upper half, the column of students going into battle can be seen against the background of a Jena landscape… Please follow link for full post

The Battle of Denain was fought on 24 July 1712 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. It resulted in a French victory, under Marshal Villars, against Dutch and Austrian forces, under Prince Eugene of Savoy. It was the war’s last battle in Flanders and one of the…

Estimate for 40,000–60,000 GBP in Dec 2023 Painted during the last years of the 1840s, The Wanderers, of a mother and child paused in their travels with no clear destination before them, is a reflection of the period of great social upheaval in France before and after the 1848 revolution. …

During the 1630s, Strozzi painted a number of female figures representing various intellectual and artistic pursuits, reflecting the appeal of such allegories among learned patrons in northern Italy. Recent scholarship has convincingly identified the subject of this painting as Minerva. The Roman goddess of war has put aside her armor for more contemplative pursuits; her upward gaze — as if seeking inspiration — recalls her other associations with wisdom, eloquence, and the arts. More on this painting

War has left behind a blazing inferno. The silhouette of the allegorical figure rises darkly against the flaming red fire the dragon is spewing from his helmet. The rigorous profile view gives the man a look of unwavering determination, so that the dramatic sense of movement makes the events seem…