Lot 219
  • 219

Petrus Johannes Schotel Dordrecht 1808 - 1865 Dresden

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Description

  • Petrus Johannes Schotel
  • The Storming of the Tower at Damiate on 24 August 1218
  • signed in brown ink, lower right: P.J. Schotel
  • pen and brown ink and grey wash over black lead, within black ink framing lines

Catalogue Note

According to various authors, the storming of Damiate by the crusaders in 1218 was led by a Dutch ship;  the subject was therefore frequently represented in Dutch art and literature, and considered a source of national pride.  Sold together with the lithograph after the drawing, made by Schotel himself.