Ilario Spolverini, Cavalry Assembly With Distant Battle Genre This late 17th-century Flemish oil

This late 17th-century Flemish oil painting depicts an ordained member of the Catholic Church

and includes several of his hallmarks

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It appears that every hour of his time in London was spent toiling for periodicals and magazines

described Creswick as “one of the very few artists who do draw from nature and try for nature”

Ilario Spolverini, Cavalry Assembly With Distant Battle Genre This late 17th-century Flemish oilThis early 18th century oil painting by Italian artist Ilario Spolverini (1657 1734) depicts a vivid scene of military activity. A mounted company of cavalry gathers in the foreground, while the distant plains erupt in smoke and movement. Its set, most plausibly, in Northern Italy, near Parma or Piacenza, where the Farnese dukes commanded military operations. Towards the centre of the composition, an officer on a white charger commands attention