The Defeat of the Spanish Armada is a 1796 history painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1][2] A battle seascape it depicts the defeat of the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588, thwarting Philip II's attempt to invade England.
| The Defeat of the Spanish Armada | |
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| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1796 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 214.6 cm × 278.1 cm (84.5 in × 109.5 in) |
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Loutherbourg produced several scenes of British naval victories around this time, when Britain was involved in the French Revolutionary Wars.[3] Today the painting is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.[4]
References
edit- ↑ Konstam p.10
- ↑ O'Rourke p.46
- ↑ McIver p 36
- ↑ Royal Museums Greenwich
Bibliography
edit- Konstam, Angus. The Spanish Armada: The Great Enterprise Against England 1588. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
- McIver, Gillian. Art and the Historical Film: Between Realism and the Sublime. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
- O'Rourke, Stephanie. Art, Science, and the Body in Early Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
External links
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