(Haarlem 1647–1733 Amsterdam)
A cavalry skirmish,
signed and dated lower center: J Huchtenburgh/1673,
oil on panel, 56 x 84 cm, framed

Provenance:
Collection Sir Frederick Cook (1844–1920), Doughty House, Richmond;
Central Picture Gallery, New York (1964);

Literature:
Catalogue of the Collection of Sir Fred. Cook, Doughty House, vol. II, p. 47, no. 269;
W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, vol. II, Munich 1969, no. 561

According to Walther Bernt (see the copy of his communication, dated February 1964), the present painting is one of the best works by Jan van Huchtenburgh, a painter of battle scenes. His most prominent patron was Prince Eugene of Savoy, for whom the artist painted a cycle depicting the latter’s victories over the Turks.

Provenance:
Collection Sir Frederick Cook (1844–1920), Doughty House, Richmond;
Central Picture Gallery, New York (1964);
Collection Lillemor Herweg-Bengtson, Recklinghausen

Literature:
Catalogue of the Collection of Sir Fred. Cook, Doughty House, vol. II, p. 47, no. 269;
W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, vol. II, Munich 1969, no. 561

According to Walther Bernt (see the copy of his communication, dated February 1964), the present painting is one of the best works by Jan van Huchtenburgh, a painter of battle scenes. His most prominent patron was Prince Eugene of Savoy, for whom the artist painted a cycle depicting the latter’s victories over the Turks.