# Battle Scene

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902/battle-scene-rdf9808caa2da90>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MARTSZEN, Jan the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 32 x 43 cm

## Commentary

The painting shows a battle scene presented as warfare rather than proper combat. A lone tree in the foreground is used as a repoussoir device so as to draw the attention on the riding soldier, about to join the tangle of soldiers fighting in the background, as well as to provide the picture with a stronger sense of depth.

## Related artworks

- [Battle Scene \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902/battle-scene-detail-r7ee121aa612cee>)
- [Battle Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902/battle-scene-r1ada96cadfea10>)
- [Battle Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902/battle-scene-r590d6e212fb91a>)
- [Cavalry Battle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902/cavalry-battle-re5fbc74124abd3>)
- [The Entry of Maria de&#39; Medici to Amsterdam](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martszen-jan-the-younger-rac58e924daf902/the-entry-of-maria-de-medici-to-amsterdam-ra52e3958907aea>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)