A Skirmish Between the Cavalry Officers and Footsoldiers with Bayonets

Prints and Drawings

1781

Dirk Langendijk
Dutch, 1748-1805

Fascinated throughout his career by military subjects, Rotterdam-based Dirk Langendijk had a special passion for depictions of cavalry in action. In this highly finished example, Langendijk presented the violent confrontation of mounted cavalry with foot soldiers. The drama of the foreground scene is further emphasized by the heavy smoke clouds in the middle and background, which are explained ultimately by the bright white explosion behind the church tower, in the upper right corner of the drawing.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Dirk Langendijk
Title: A Skirmish Between the Cavalry Officers and Footsoldiers with Bayonets
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1781
Medium: Pen and brown ink and gray and black washes, heightened with white gouache, on cream laid paper
Inscriptions: Signed and dated: "D. Langendyk / inv et fec / 1781"
Dimensions: 48.5 × 38.5 cm (19 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.966
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Art Institute of Chicago, “The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection,” Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.

Sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, Mar. 30, 1965, lot 8. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 9, 2008, lot 167, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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