Jan Van Huchtenburg (1647 - 1733), Kuruc Rebels Fighting An Austrian Army

Jan van Huchtenburg
Dutch painter
Haarlem 1647 – 1733 Amsterdam
Kuruc rebels fighting against an Austrian Habsburg army
Oil on canvas : 70,8 X 58,9 cm
Signed bottom right “JHughstenburgh”
Frame : 107,6 X 94,4 cm

Jan van Huchtenburg was one of the major battle scene painters at a time when the European continent was ravaged by numerous wars: the last quarter of the 17th and the first quarter of the 18th century.   In his realistic, detailed style he could perfectly portray horses and the intensity of battle. Our painting represents a clash between an Austrian army and Hungarian, Kuruc rebels. There are very few contemporary representations known of this Kuruc revolt.   Later in his career van Huchtenburg regularly painted other exotic war scenes between Austrian and Turkish armies, as his most important patron, Prince Eugene of Savoy, was fighting these wars.

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