Full Record |
| Title |
A Battle with a Scene of Military Surgery |
| Alternative Title |
Camp Scene, Surgeon Operating |
| Collection |
Wellcome Library |
| Artist |
Attributed to Dutch School |
| Date Earliest |
about 1690 |
| Date Latest |
possibly 1730 |
| Description |
A battle with a scene of camp with a military surgery being performed. Shot is being extracted from the chest of a wounded officer. This painting is by a Dutch or Flemish late seventeenth-century or early eighteenth-century painter. It is similar in subject matter to the work of Jan Wyck (1640-1700) who also painted military scenes. |
| Current Accession Number |
44689i |
| Former Accession Number |
CC 5011 |
| Subject |
figure; military and war; landscape; animal (horse) |
| Measurements |
54.0 x 64.8 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Henry Solomon Wellcome 1936. |
| Provenance |
In the collection of Madame N. S. Kaplan, Paris, 3 May 1923 (?); sale, Robinson & Fisher & Harding, London, 19 July 1923, lot 99, £73 10s as A Camp Scene, with a Surgeon operating, other Doctors in attendance, 'Dutch School' ; collection of Henry Solomon Wellcome, 19 July 1923. |
| Notes |
There is a stencil '5DS' inscribed on the reverse which may be a Christie's reference but this only produced a possible consignee with Christie's - Madame N. S. Kaplan, Paris on 3 May 1923. This work is similar in composition and style to the work of the seventeenth-century artist Jan Wyck. The entry in the accession book suggests the cannon and soldiers around it may have been added as a later introduction. It also records 'Dutch School', late 18th century, c. 1690'. |
| Rights Owner |
(c) The Wellcome Trust |
| Author |
Dr Madeleine Korn |
