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Jacques Callot (French (culture or style))
The Battle, No. 3 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
1633
Anonymous Gift for The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1972/2.356

Raymond Lafage
Battle Scene
17th century
Museum Purchase
1966/2.35
This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.
Harunori
Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore
18th century
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Weston
1978/2.2

Max Beckmann (German (culture or style))
Der Traum Vom Krieg, plate X, from 'Day and Dreams'
1946
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
1983/2.235
A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
Agostino dei Musi (Italian (culture or style))
Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
1532 – 1541
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1976/1.211

Giuseppe Piattoli
Unidentified Roman Battle Scene; chalk studies (recto)
1785 – 1807
Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.40
This black and white print depicts an animated and detailed scene of nude figures and mythical beasts on the surface of the sea.Two men, with seaweed hair and riding half horse/half fish creatures, strike out at each other. A man and a woman ride a beast with a scaly body and the head of a fierce dog. In the background, a man holding a trident stands with his back to the viewer. Action and motion are expressed with billowing drapery, flowing hair and moving waves. The wide mouthed expressions of the figures and animals suggest yelling and noise in this chaotic scene. Among the many details depicted by the artist is a plaque held by the woman that has his initials.
Daniel Hopfer
Battle of the Sea Gods
1500 – 1532
Museum Purchase
1996/2.1
This 6-fold screen is a depiction of the Battle of Genji and Heike. In samurai armor, the Heike forces approach by ship from the left, while Genji forces rush to the shore on horseback and on foot—drawing the viewer’s attention to the center of the screens, where their confrontation will finally take place. The Heike forces can be identified by the red banners on their ships, while the Genji clan carries white banners.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Battle of the Genji and Heike Forces
1573 – 1650
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1964/2.64

French (French (culture or style))
Cutting from a Secular Manuscript with Perceval Attacked by Twenty Knights
1410 – 1420
Museum Purchase
1968/2.42
It is a earthenware with a man riding a small horse with short legs over a thick rectangle plate. There is a lamp-oil container with hole over the hips of the horse, and a spout sticks out in the front breast of the horse, which enables to pour out water through the inside of the stomach of horse. The figure on the horse wears a triangular hat and armor. The left arm is disappeared.<br />
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Oil Lamp in the Shape of an Equestrian Warrior
500 – 549
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.187

Polidoro da Caravaggio
A Frieze of Horsemen
16th century
Museum Purchase
1951/2.32

Federico Zuccaro
Caesar Pausing at the Rubicon
1567 – 1599
Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.32
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