The Miseries of War by Philips Wouwerman (1619) | Artnap

New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Painting of mounted soldiers and fleeing civilians amid smoke and fire from a burning town, with fallen figures in the foregr

Free download

1,000 × 744 px · JPG

This file is 1,000 pixels on the long side, with no account and no watermark. The page also names the museum that holds the work and gives its medium.

Download

PaletteShow the 5 main colors of this work

Select a color to copy its hex code

All 5 colors in one file, ready to load as swatches in Adobe, Procreate, GIMP or Krita, or as CSS variables.

Palette file

Credit this image

The Miseries of War, Philips Wouwerman (1619), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

Why is this public domain? Wikimedia Commons lists this work as public domain.

About this work

The Miseries of War by Philips Wouwerman, dated 1619, shows a chaotic scene of mounted soldiers and terrified civilians on open ground. Plumes of smoke and flames rise from a town on the right and in the distance, while wounded and dead figures lie in the foreground.

File page on Wikimedia Commons

Date

1619

Medium

Print

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

Painting of travelers, horses and a hay cart crossing a shallow river beside a sandy dune path and bare trees under cloudy sk

Landscape with a Sandy Path

Painting of riders resting on a path beside a rocky cliff and cottage, with a dead tree and river under cloudy sky.

Landscape with Horsemen at Rest

Oil painting of a grey horse with a red saddle held by a man in a hat beside a dog and a gnarled tree under a cloudy sky.

Dune landscape with a tall signal post, a thatched cottage, figures on a sandy path, and a dramatic cloudy sky.

Dune Landscape with a Signal Post

Painting of horsemen and a kicking grey horse by a pond, with a stone boundary post and ruined building under a stormy sky.

Horsepond near a Boundary Stone

Painting of horsemen and hunting dogs on a plain under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a mountain and a falcon in flight.

The Falcon Hunt

Painting of a man and woman on horseback on a dirt road by a river, with bare trees and a cloudy sky.

A Man and a Woman on Horseback

Painting of armed riders and horses resting before a vine-covered inn, with bathers in a stream and a distant town.

Armed Riders in Front of an Inn See all 312