This is a drawing of a battle scene involving horses and figures. The composition features powerful horses in motion, detailed rendering of their musculature and expressions, and figures dressed in elaborate clothing, some holding weapons. In the background, the sky is dark and turbulent, and an angelic figure is depicted in the clouds. The drawing uses chiaroscuro to enhance the depth and intensity.

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The Defeat of Sennacherib

Pieter Claesz Soutman (Dutch, 1580 - 1657)

artist after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577 - 1640)

1618-1645

Medium: etching
Classification: Print
Culture: Flemish
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed

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