Georg Philipp Rugendas (1666 Augsburg - 1742 ibid.) attr; Battle on horseback Multi-figured, lively and dramatic depiction of a battle, on the right in the foreground on a slight hill a raging, fierce battle, which is joined by further horsemen from a valley plain. The landscape background is a fortified town and a fortress on a mountain ridge. Rugendas mainly painted battles from the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), the contemporary Turkish wars and camp scenes. He studied with the Augsburg painter Isaak Fisches the Elder from 1682-1687 and worked in Vienna, Venice and Rome from 1690-1695. After his return, he created a large number of paintings and engravings in his Augsburg workshop, and in 1710 he became director of the newly founded Academy of Fine Arts. With his depictions of battalions and paintings of horses, he was one of the most sought-after painters of his time, whose paintings found their way into numerous aristocratic collections and had a decisive influence on 18th century battle painting. Oil on canvas, double; 94.5 cm x 143 cm. Frame. Attributed to Georg Philipp Rugendas (1666 - 1742). Oil on canvas, relined.