Bataillestykke
Jacques Courtois
1636-1675
Medium
Olie på lærred
Classification
Maleri
Department
Den Kongelige Maleri- og Skulptursamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KMSsp700
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Maleri
About the Artist
Jacques Courtois · 1621–1676
A specialist in battle paintings, he also painted religious and other scenes. As a teenager, Courtois left France for Italy with his young brother, Guillaume. He drew military campaigns, then studied in Bologna, Florence, and Siena, arriving in Rome by 1638. He worked primarily in Italy. He joined the Jesuit order in 1657.