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Unknown Artist, Storming of Algiers
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- Storming of Algiers
- Location
- Long Gallery
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 87 cm, Overall width: 107 cm
- Artist
- Unknown Artist
- Catalogue Number
- DN97
Description
The date of the painting is unknown but it appears be from the seventeenth century. It may have descended through the Gunman family, who owned several of the sea pieces in the collection, or possibly the Delaval family, which also had strong naval credentials. Although the identification of the subject as the storming of the citadel at Algiers, on the north coast of Africa, would appear to be correct, the precise occasion is uncertain. It may relate to the failed siege in 1541 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, although the painting itself is later – possibly mid- to late seventeenth century.