The academically-trained French artist Jacques Gamelin specialized in scenes of antiquity, religion, war, and death, after studying under David and becoming court painter to Pope Clement the XIV. “An Ancient Battle Scene” is quintessential Gamelin, depicting slaughter and strife, sparing little bloody detail, and neither glorifying nor condemning armed struggle between men.
An Ancient Battle Scene, c.1770, Pen and Brown Ink, Gouache and White Bodycolor on ParchmentJacques Gamelin French (1738 - 1803) |
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The academically-trained French artist Jacques Gamelin specialized in scenes of antiquity, religion, war, and death, after studying under David and becoming court painter to Pope Clement the XIV. “An Ancient Battle Scene” is quintessential Gamelin, depicting slaughter and strife, sparing little bloody detail, and neither glorifying nor condemning armed struggle between men. |
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