Een legerkamp
ca. 1662 - ca. 1664
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
41; 9.5; 1.5; 35.2
About this artwork
Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht
Art Historical Context
Philips Wouwerman’s *Een legerkamp* (A Military Camp), painted around 1662–1664, captures the quiet moments of army life during the Dutch Golden Age. A leading Haarlem artist, Wouwerman specialized in small, lively scenes of cavalry, hunts, and encampments. He was celebrated for his elegant horses and atmospheric landscapes, often infusing military subjects with a sense of everyday rhythm rather than dramatic combat. This oil-on-panel work reflects the period’s fascination with contemporary military themes following the Eighty Years’ War. Dutch collectors prized such cabinet-sized pictures fo...
About the Artist
Philips Wouwerman
Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.