About the Artwork
A Battle Scene
17th century
Jacques Courtois
1621-1676
French
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 13 3/8 × 22 inches (34 × 55.9 cm) Framed: 19 1/4 × 28 3/8 × 3 1/4 inches (48.9 × 72.1 × 8.3 cm)
Paintings
European Painting
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.24
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1889, collection of T. J. Ireland, Esq. (London, England and Ousden Hall, Suffolk)
January 26, 1889, auctioned (Christie's, London, England). collection of James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1906-1909, by descent to his wife, Harriet Scripps [1838-1933] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"The Scripps Old Masters," The Collector 2, no. 13 (May 1, 1891): pp. 149-152, p. 1449 [as by Jacques Courtois, called Borgognone].
Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1910, p. 54, no. 88.
Burroughs, C. Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts. DIA. Detroit, 1920, p. 83, no. 85.
Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. DIA. Detroit, 1944, p. 32, no. 492.
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Jacques Courtois, A Battle Scene, 17th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.24.
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