Sunday, May 10, 2026

Guardroom with a saddle and armor by Thomas Apshoven

 Salvete Omnes,



Flemish painter Thomas Apshoven (1622- circa1667) painted genre scenes, including guardrooms similar to David Teniers the Younger.


. in this detail we see a fine riding saddle typical of the period - mid XVII century - in Western Europe
saddle, horseman ax and a sabre with a thumb guard/ring

a pair of pistols for a horseman 
a cavalry trumpet?
a spur?  pieces of armor


The Wiki Commons galleries have   this painting showing a village life -

in the background there are two wagons painted in rather sketchy manner, being far removed from the main scenes by the river - boats, washing laundry and bathing etc.


. two types of water wells in these paintings 




enjoy

Valete

1 comment:

Dario T. W. said...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thomas_van_Apshoven