# The Battle of Podhajce

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COURTOIS, Jacques](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courtois-jacques-r236e5a8321b750>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 95 x 160 cm

## Commentary

The Battle of Podhajce \(October 6-16, 1667\) was fought in the town of Podhajce in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth \(nowadays Pidhaitsi, western Ukraine\), and the area surrounding it as part of the Polish-Tartar War and the Great Turkish War. The army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under John III Sobieski, totaling around 9,000 men defeated Tatar and Cossack forces under Petro Doroshenko and Adil Giray, which totaled around 35,000 men.

## Related artworks

- [Battle between Christians and Moslems](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courtois-jacques-r236e5a8321b750/battle-between-christians-and-moslems-r65bd54e58174f5>)
- [Cavalry Attack](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courtois-jacques-r236e5a8321b750/cavalry-attack-r7a7b0ac6e3a966>)
- [Cavalry Battle between Christians and Turks](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courtois-jacques-r236e5a8321b750/cavalry-battle-between-christians-and-turks-r02ef419b377c2d>)
- [Cavalry Battle between Christians and Turks](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courtois-jacques-r236e5a8321b750/cavalry-battle-between-christians-and-turks-r5e85e6c732e66f>)
- [The Battle of Mongiovino](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courtois-jacques-r236e5a8321b750/the-battle-of-mongiovino-r879ff6247c44a8>)

## Attribution

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