The Battle of Wimpfen
by VRANCX, Sebastian, Oil on copper, 115 x 199 cm
Sebastian Vrancx created the genre of battle scenes in the Low Countries, cavalry pictures of battles sometimes relating to actual historical engagements, in most cases, however, these battlefield scenes do not represent any real event.
The Battle of Wimpfen was a battle in the Bohemian Revolt period of the Thirty Years’ War on 6 May 1622 near Wimpfen. The forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Catholic League under Marshal Tilly and Gonzalo de C�rdoba defeated the Protestant forces of General Ernst von Mansfeld and Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.