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Previously attributed to Jacques Courtois (1621-73)
Troopers in a Landscape c.1650-80
Oil on canvas | 40.4 x 33.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402986
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Soldiers with breastplates emerge over a rise from the right. They are directed by their leader who gesticulates back to the right with his left hand, and holding a staff in his right. Rocks to the right with over-hanging branches.
Provenance
This and its pair (RCIN 402837) seem to have formed part of the Consul Smith Collection acquired by George III in 1762 (Italian List nos 246-7). The pair are recorded at St James's Palace from whence they are transferred to Buckingham Palace, where they appear in 1819; by 1861 they had found their way to the Queen's Gallery, Hampton Court.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
40.4 x 33.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
49.9 x 42.6 x 4.0 cm (frame, external)
