A Military Encampment, 1655-1706

  • Philipp Peter Roos, German, 1657-1706

Oil on canvas

  • Overall: 49 3/4 × 63 3/4 inches (126.4 × 161.9 cm)
  • 59 3/4 × 75 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (151.8 × 192.1 × 8.3 cm)

Gift of James E. Scripps

89.42

Inscribed, on ribbon on main tent, painted on or attached: R 90 [above a heraldic shield bearing an eagle surmounted by a crown]

collection of James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1889-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Scripps, J. E. Catalogue of the Scripps Collection of Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1889, p. 62, no. 78. "The Scripps Old Masters," The Collector 2, no. 13 (May 1, 1891): pp. 149-152, p. 151 [as by Philip Roos (Rosa da Tivoli)]. Scripps, James E. Handbook of the Paintings Ancient and Modern, Belonging to the Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1895, p. 35, no. 66 [as by Philip Roos, called Rosa da Tivoli]. Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1910, p. 45, no. 66. Burroughs, C. Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1920, p. 56, no. 51. Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. DIA. Detroit, 1944, p. 113, no. 704. Held, J. Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century, (The Collections of The Detroit Institute of Arts). DIA. Detroit, 1982, pp. 73-75, (repr.) [as attributed to Roos].

attributed to Philipp Peter Roos, A Military Encampment, 1655-1706, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James E. Scripps, 89.42.