Flemish Painter Of The Seventeenth Century, Battle Of Poltava, 1709

Flemish painter of the seventeenth century
Battle of Poltava, 1709
Oil on canvas, cm 103 138
The painting in question describes a battle scene in which some classic vestiges used as splendid and powerful scenic scenes are inserted: Depicted are high stone walls and what looks like a tomb or an altar in which you can see scenes in bas-relief. The center is occupied by a knight on a white horse, his figure is isolated and in a state of timeless waiting for the clash while all around the battle rages; fallen men, soldiers who call for help, banners waved in the wind, clashes that are lost on the horizon. The Battle of Poltava occurred on 8 July 1709 in central Ukraine between the Russian troops of Peter the Great and the Swedish Cossack forces of King Charles XII. The latter is recognized in the knight on white horse in the center of the canvas. The character on the left with turban is the Hetman Mazeppa. The battle was won by the Russians and the Swedish king was routed. In fact, he had to take refuge with the Turkish sultan Mazeppa.
The painting for stylistic and compositional comparisons can be linked to a painter of the Dutch school of the seventeenth century specializing in complex large-scale battle scenes. 
For comparison we should consider the works of the Dutch painter Hendrick Verschuring (Gorinchem, 2 November 1627 - Dordrecht, 26 April 1690), whose pictorial production concentrated especially in the genre of battles. He also travelled to Italy where he acquired considerable skill in the representation of horses, thus specializing in elegant hunting and equestrian subjects. See his works from the Statens Museum for Kunst, the Bavarian State Painting Collection and the National Gallery, London.
The works of Simon Johannes van Douw (Antwerp, circa 1630 - Antwerp, circa 1677) are also close to the active painter, where the presence of ancient ruins (often quotes of Roman monuments) is frequent within the landscape as in the exemplary Market Scene of the Cariplo Foundation and the battle of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery and in those presented on the antique market.
Other references are also found in the battles of Karel Breydel called The Cavalier of Antwerp (Antwerp, 1678- 1733) of the Nationalmuseum of Stockholm
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