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Originally, this unsigned wash drawing of
soldiers leaving for battle was attributed to Johann-Philipp Lembke, but
it is now considered to be the work of Jacques Courtois (1621-76).
Courtois was a French painter who lived most of his life in Italy; he is
also known as Il Borgognone. Following his training as an
artist, Courtois served in the French military. He is widely recognized
for his depictions of battles, often done in wash drawing. This style,
which is produced by applying a series of monochrome washes over a pen
or pencil outline, was very popular with 17th-century landscape
painters. The pen defines the image, while the washes provide depth. The
drawing is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown
University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the
history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the
world’s largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval
uniforms.
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