Soldier with Sword and Shield, Stepping over a Body

1755–71

Not on view

Loutherbourg, an Alsatian painter who studied etching in Johann Georg Wille’s academy, clearly admired the prints of the seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter Salvator Rosa, as did many other French printmakers of the time. In the set to which this print belongs (2018.52.1-6), entitled "First suite of Soldiers,"Loutherbourg took up a format associated with Rosa in order to showcase his own inventiveness and fluency.

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Title: Soldier with Sword and Shield, Stepping over a Body
Series/Portfolio: First Suite of Soldiers, p. 6
Artist: Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (French, Strasbourg 1740–1812 London)
Date: 1755–71
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Image: 4 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (11.1 × 7.8 cm)
Plate: 4 3/4 × 3 7/16 in. (12 × 8.8 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/16 × 3 3/4 in. (13.1 × 9.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2018
Object Number: 2018.52.6
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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