Armored Halberdier Facing Left, with a Pikeman Chasing a Villager in the Distance, late 16th or early 17th century

Inscription

In plate, across bottom, at left: Ich halt mich zu den redtlich frũmen / Bin zum Trabanten aufgenummen; at right: Gleich ein anfuerder wolgemut / Vorn aus trett mit dem Hauptman gut.; by unknown hand, bottom right, outside image, in ink: M

Provenance

Petr Vok z Rozmberka (Peter Wok, a Czech nobleman of the House of Rosenberg), [1539-1611], supralibros dated 1608. (Colnaghi, London, 1980); Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston; (sale, Christie's New York, 20 June 2013, no. 527); purchased 2013 by NGA.

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