Attributed to Karel Breydel, known as the Knight of Antwerp (1678 - 1733). Battle with horsemen and landscape in the background.

Attributed to Karel Breydel, known as the Knight of Antwerp (1678 - 1733) Battle with horsemen and landscape in the background Oil on canvas, cm 44.5 X 36.7 Frame cm 52.5 x 45 Considering the style, composition, and subjects depicted, the painting under examination can be attributed to the Antwerp master Karl Breydel (1678-1733). Most of the information about Breydel's life is based on his early biography written by Jean-Baptiste Descamps (La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois, vol. 1, 1764, pp. 190-195). First a student of Pieter Ykens (1648-1695) and then of Pieter Rysbrack (1655-1729) from 1695, he traveled extensively in both Italy and Germany, staying in Frankfurt and Nuremberg, where, upon learning of the success of his brother Frans, he immediately joined him to serve the court of Hasse-Kassel. Here, the two brothers worked together for two years with considerable success. In 1703 he moved to Amsterdam, joining the city's Guild (the corporation of arts and crafts of the city) and beginning his career as a battle painter. In fact, following in the footsteps of his master Rysbrack and having had the opportunity to paint in contact with the Brueghels, he had so far established himself as a landscape painter, but his favorite theme remained that of the "Battle", so much so that today he is mainly known as a painter of battle pieces and cavalry attacks. These paintings are ingeniously composed and painted with great spirit in the manner of Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632-1690), the leading battle painter of Antwerp in the seventeenth century. He also executed a series of landscapes, village scenes and views of the Rhine in the manner of Jan Griffier (1652-1718). In 1723 he moved to Antwerp, then to Brussels with Jacob van Hellemont. In 1726 he was in Ghent and finally returned to Antwerp. Many paintings by this prolific master are in European museums, including four Choc de cavalerie and a battle on copper in the Royal Museums of Brussels, while other works are preserved in London, Antwerp at the National Museum and in other institutions. His battles, usually in a reduced exhibition meter, are rich in characters, with spacious landscape settings, as in the case of the present painting, in which Breydel has combined one of his "classic" battle views with a Rhine landscape, a genre that continued to enjoy great popularity throughout the eighteenth century. With Ars Antiqua it is possible to defer all amounts up to € 7,500 at ZERO RATE, for a total of 15 INSTALLMENTS. Ex. Tot. € 4,500 = Monthly installment € 300 for 15 months. Ex. Tot. € 3,600 = Monthly installment € 720 for 5 months. For amounts exceeding € 7,500 or for longer deferrals (over 15 installments), we can provide a customized payment. Contact us directly to have the best quote. TV LIVE - SUNDAY 17:00 - 21:00 Dig.terr. 126 + 813 SKY - Streaming on our website www.arsantiquasrl.com and on our Facebook and Youtube social channels All the works proposed by Ars Antiqua are sold accompanied by a certificate of authenticity in accordance with the law and accurate in-depth fact sheet. You can see the works directly at the Milan showroom gallery, in via Pisacane 55 and 57. We personally organize transport and deliveries of the works, both for Italy and abroad.