An Explosion near a Village

1805 (?)

Not on view

As a specialist of battle scenes, Langendijk was a master of depicting tiny figures in motion—in this instance the flailing bodies of soldiers and horses propelled into the air by an explosion. With deft control of his pen and brush, the artist leaves parts of the paper untouched to read as the light emitted by the blast.

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Title: An Explosion near a Village
Artist: Dirk Langendijk (Dutch, Rotterdam 1748–1805 Rotterdam)
Date: 1805 (?)
Medium: Pen and brown and black ink, brush and gray ink; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (25 × 34.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2015
Object Number: 2015.752.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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