An Explosion near a Village — Dirk Langendijk | DiscoverArt

Dirk Langendijk

An Explosion near a Village

1805 (?)

Pen and brown and black ink, brush and gray ink; framing line in pen and brown ink

25 × 34.7 cm (9.8 × 13.7 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Dirk Langendijk

Battle Scene with Church at right

Battle Scene with Church at right

Battle Scene with Church at left

Battle Scene with Church at left

A Military Convoy Surprised by an Explosion

A Military Convoy Surprised by an Explosion

The Capture of Lieutenant General Johann Hermann von Fersen During the Battle of Bergen (19 September 1799)

The Capture of Lieutenant General Johann Hermann von Fersen

Frontispiece for an Album of Drawings: Peasants at a Fountain (recto)

Frontispiece for an Album of Drawings: Peasants at a Fountai

City Square with Fireworks

City Square with Fireworks

Pillaging Soldiers

Pillaging Soldiers

A Skirmish with Soldiers Near a Farm; Verso: Sketch with Soldiers

A Skirmish with Soldiers Near a Farm; Verso: Sketch with Sol

More like this

Pillaging Soldiers

Dirk Langendijk (Dutch, 1748–1805) — Pillaging Soldiers

Combat at the foot of a tower

Jacques Courtois — Combat at the foot of a tower

A shore framed by rocks, with Neptune in his chariot on the left and Salacia in hers on the right; at center, a ship caught in a storm; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel — A shore framed

La Bataille (The Battle), from Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 3

Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet — La Bataille (The Battle), fr

Le Bûcher (The Pyre), from Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 13

Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet — Le Bûcher (The Pyre), from L

La Bataille (The Battle), from "Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre" (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 3

Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet — La Bataille (The Battle), fr

A battle on horseback, from "Peace and War" (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)

Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet|Marquis de Maulevrier — A

Combat of Cavalry

Jacques Courtois — Combat of Cavalry

Aiding the wounded after a battle

Jacques Courtois — Aiding the wounded after a battle

A procession of horse-drawn cannon carriages to left, horsemen in combat and a dead horse to right, battle on a bridge in center background, from 'Peace and War' (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)

Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet — A procession of horse-d

Peasants in a Landscape with a Military Camp in Grand-Hallet

Josua de Grave — Peasants in a Landscape with a Military Cam

At the Head of a Swiss Army, Francesco I d'Este, with Uncrushed Spirit, Confronts the Enemy under Bozzolo, who has Many Advantages, and Demands their Retreat, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]

Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti — At the Head of