De Bours drives Merville and Treslong out of the Citadel - 1st August 1577 EA1962 232 in order to relieve pressure

in order to relieve pressure on Pavia and divide the French forces

It was known in 18th-century France as 'Le Manchot' - 'The One Armed Man' - on account of the seated figure whose left hand is concealed below his apron

Duke of Urbino

in February 1525

He may have turned to kitchen subjects on his admission to the Academy in 1728 to distinguish himself from artists such as Desportes and Oudrey who specialised in game and hunting pieces

De Bours drives Merville and Treslong out of the Citadel - 1st August 1577 EA1962 232 in order to relieve pressurePurchased (Blakiston Fund) with the aid of the MGC V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Art Fund and the Friends of the Ashmolean, 1996.