Terms and conditions of use
Interior with soldiers
(1620s)
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Measurements
- 55.7 × 40.3 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- the Netherlands
- Accession Number
- 4563-3
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1931
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Scenes of soldiers formed a popular subgenre of Dutch art, known as kortegaardjes, derived from the French term corps de garde for the military post where the changing of the guard took place. Soldiers were a familiar sight in the Dutch countryside during the Eighty Years War (1568–1648). The motif of sleeping soldiers may allude to the Roman soldiers who fell asleep while guarding Christ’s tomb, and were therefore oblivious to his Resurrection.
Frame: Reproduction, 2003, based on a Dutch frame from 1618
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Military and Warfare
- Subjects (specific)
- armour (protective wear) barrels (containers) doorways men (male humans) saddles (seats) seated figures sleeping soldiers
- Frame
- Reproduction, 2003, based on a Dutch frame from 1618
Frame
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The former framing of Interior with soldiers, c.1620, acquired in 1931 from the same sale as The Descent From the Cross (4560-3), was in the manner of pierced and scrolled eighteenth century English frames, though most likely made in the nineteenth century.
In 2003, at the time the painting was cleaned, a new frame was proposed.
The frame selected was a box frame dating from 1618.
Box frames were a common form of Dutch frame up to around 1630.
The frame was made from European oak and given an ebonised finish.
The painting was fitted in the frame in 2003. - Framemaker
- Reproduction - crafted by the NGV
- Date
- 2003
- Materials
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ebonised European oak