Two Panels with Riders Before a Fortified City, from Les Huit Grand Tableaux Illuminée du Feu d'Artifice, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Two vertical panels with soldiers on horseback in an encampment. At left, two figures seen from behind, riding left. At right, a figure in the foreground with a bundle of wheat. In the background of both, a fortified city with clouds of smoke. From a series of six plates with decors with fireworks, created in conjunction with the fireworks display on the Hofvijver in The Hague. The series includes eight panels depicting the military success over the French and Spanish armies in 1702. First published in that year, the series was also included in both editions of the collected works of Marot, published in 1703 and 1712.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Panels with Riders Before a Fortified City, from Les Huit Grand Tableaux Illuminée du Feu d'Artifice, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Les Huit Grand Tableaux Illuminée du Feu d'Artifice
- Artist: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
- Publisher: Published by Pierre Husson , The Hague
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: published 1702–12
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (33.1 × 21.4 cm)
Plate: 10 11/16 × 7 1/4 in. (27.2 × 18.4 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(139)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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