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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 41. JAN PEETER VERDUSSEN | A military encampment, depicting the Household Cavalry of the Duke of Savoy (1744-1745) with a standard bearer and horses by a tent.

JAN PEETER VERDUSSEN | A military encampment, depicting the Household Cavalry of the Duke of Savoy (1744-1745) with a standard bearer and horses by a tent

Lot Closed

April 8, 01:41 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

JAN PEETER VERDUSSEN

Antwerp circa 1700 - 1763 Avignon

A MILITARY ENCAMPMENT, DEPICTING THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY OF THE DUKE OF SAVOY (1744-1745) WITH A STANDARD BEARER AND HORSES BY A TENT


bears signature and date, and inscribed on the reverse: Peter van Bloemen, called Standard, by his / countrymen at Rome, from the subject of his pictures / B. 16[...] D. 1719. / [...] Antwerp

oil on canvas

unframed: 54.2 x 73.6 cm.; 21¼ x 28¾ in.

framed: 76.4 x 96.9 cm.; 30¼ x 37⅞ in.


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Lord James Butler, Dublin, 1893;

George Jameson, Dublin and London;

Private collection, London.

Jan Peter Verdussen was born in Antwerp, where he studied under his father Peeter Verdussen. Around 1743 he left Antwerp for Turin, having been appointed court painter by King Charles Emmnauel III of Sardinia. There he was to paint scenes glorifying the House of Savoy for the king's villa. Battle scenes and encampments therefore became rather a speciality of Verdussen's, and he rarely swayed from these military subject matters. The present painting depicts the household cavalry of the Duke of Savoy going about their daily routine - soldiers converse among themselves, lower left, while other members of the party carry food and drink, just right of centre.