One of Four Battle Scenes: An Engagement on a Bridge outside a Fort
manner of Pieter Snayers (Antwerp 1592 – Brussels 1667)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1650
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1041x 1702 (41 x 67 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180963
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, One of Four Battle Scenes: An Engagement on a Bridge outside a Fort, manner of Pieter Snayers (Antwerp 1592 – Brussels 1667). With bridge on right of picture, leading to the castle gatehouse. the opposing armies engaged in fighting on the bridge.
Provenance
Recorded in the Library in the 1891 inventory as 'Set of 4 Paintings - The Siege of Ludlow Castle by Wonverman'. Accepted by HM Treasury on 21st March, 1963 in lieu of tax and conveyed to National Trust ownership on 29th November 1963.
Credit line
Powis Castle, The Powis Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Pieter Snayers (Antwerp 1592 – Brussels 1667), artist