Thursday 12 November 2009

Spanish Army in 1641


At the siege of Aire-sur-Lys by Pierre Snayers. Sorry it's the only version of this picture I have...if any of you know of a colour version?
It's one of my favourite depictions of an army on campaign, though its hard to pick out detail from this version.

2 comments:

  1. Here are all the Snayers of the Prado museum !
    http://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/galeria-on-line/galeria-on-line/?tx_obras[regs]=10&tx_obras[old]=YTozOntzOjM6ImFkdiI7czoxOiIwIjtzOjg6ImNyaXRlcmlvIjtzOjE6IjEiO3M6Njoic3RyaW5nIjtzOjc6IlNuYXllcnMiO30%3D&cHash=c9ff771371
    Stéphane

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  2. Thank you Stephanos de Chios for your link very much!!!! I sought it everywhere!

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