DISCOVERART

Jacques Courtois

Plate 1: the departure of the armies

1635–60
Etching
11.6 × 16.5 cm (4.6 × 6.5 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

View at metmuseum.org ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Jacques Courtois

Aiding the wounded after a battleAiding the wounded after a battleCavalry BattleCavalry BattlePlate 6: the combatPlate 6: the combatPlate 7: shock of a cavalryPlate 7: shock of a cavalryCombat at the foot of a towerCombat at the foot of a towerCombat of CavalryCombat of CavalryBattle Scene: a Cavalry EngagementBattle Scene: a Cavalry EngagementPlate 3: the charge is orderedPlate 3: the charge is ordered

More like this

An Enemy on the MarchStefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664) — An Enemy on the MPlate 12: A soldier on horseback, holding a musket in his right hand, in profile descending a slope towards the right, other soldiers on horseback to right in the background, from 'Various Figures' (Agréable diversité de figures)Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet|Claude Goyrand — Plate 12Plate 6: a skirmish between two horsemen to left, a dead man on the ground to the right, combat in the background, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)Stefano della Bella — Plate 6: a skirmish between two horsemA soldier on horseback, holding a musket in his right hand, in profile descending a slope towards the right, other soldiers on horseback to right in the background, plate 12 from "Various Figures" (Agréable diversité de figures)Stefano della Bella|Claude Goyrand|Israël Henriet|Artus GoufPlate 10: a horseman and a woman, seen from behind, riding towards the right with a young man following them to left, another horseman and woman to right in the background, from 'Various Figures' (Agréable diversité de figures)Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet — Plate 10: a horseman anA boy taking a horse to drinkDirck Stoop (Dutch, c. 1618–1681) — A boy taking a horse to Battle Scene with HorsemenZacharias Blyhooft — Battle Scene with HorsemenBattlefield with horseman looking over his left shoulder toward stripped corpse on the ground, a clothed figure and horse lying to the right, horsemen carrying flags beyondKarel Dujardin — Battlefield with horseman looking over his A skirmish, two horsemen battling with swords to the right, men carrying a flag running away towards the right, a dead man on the ground and a horseman seen from behind to the left, from "Varie figure"Stefano della Bella|François Langlois — A skirmish, two horsPlate 7: two soldiers standing to left, a wolf devouring a dead horse to right with another wolf entering from right, from 'Troops, cannons, and attacks on towns' (Dessins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques de villes)Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet — Plate 7: two soldiers sGiovanni Fieschi, from Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze (Selection of Some Miracles and Graces that Occurred in the Church of the Annunziata in Florence)Jacques Callot|Matteo Rosselli — Giovanni Fieschi, from ScelLes Bohémiens en Marche, pièce aussi appelée L'Avant-Garde (The Gypsies Travelling, piece also called The Advance Gard), from Le Bohémiens, série appelée aussi Les Égyptiens, La Marche des Bohémiens, La Vie Errante des Bohémiens, Les Marches Égyptiennes (The Gypsies, series also called The Egyptians, The Gypsy Troops, The Wandering Lives of Gypsies, The Egyptian Troops)Jacques Callot — Les Bohémiens en Marche, pièce aussi appelé