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Jacques Courtois, known as Il Borgognone, makes battle painting his speciality. Trained by his father in France, he travels to Italy, serving as a soldier before returning to painting, principally in Rome and Florence. His military experience thus accompanies a body of work devoted to fighting and its participants.
A Battle Scene, an oil on canvas dated about 1657–1665 in the National Galleries of Scotland, exemplifies this repertoire. At the Metropolitan Museum, A Cavalry Engagement demonstrates another technique: pen and brown ink, grey wash and traces of black chalk. The etching Aiding the Wounded after a Battle, from Combats et batailles, depicts care for the injured. Drawing, painting and printmaking thus address different moments of warfare, from confrontation to its aftermath.
This profile brings together identity references for Jacques Courtois and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Scène de bataille
Huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-06-01 — 2022-06-15
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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Scène de bataille
Huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-03-01 — 2022-03-16
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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Oil on canvas
Suiveur de Jacques Courtois — Scène de bataille
Huile sur toile
Suiveur de
Catalogue period : 2026-06-29
Follower of
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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Oil on canvas
École de Jacques Courtois — Scène de bataille
Huile sur toile
École de
Catalogue period : 2026-05-27 — 2026-06-10
School of
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–8000
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Jacques Courtois — Bataille sur le pont Nomentano à Rome
Huile sur toile
Attribué à
Catalogue period : 2025-11-27 — 2025-12-10
Attributed to
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Attribué à Jacques Courtois — Bataille sur le pont Nomentano à Rome
Huile sur toile
Attribué à
Catalogue period : 2025-09-11 — 2025-09-24
Attributed to
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Suiveur de Jacques Courtois, vers 1700, probablement de Vénétie — Affrontement de deux unités de cavalerie
Huile sur toile
Suiveur de
Catalogue period : 2022-03-25
Follower of
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800–2600
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Oil on canvas
Entourage de Jacques Courtois — Grande scène de bataille
Huile sur toile
Entourage de
Catalogue period : 2021-09-17
Circle of
Published result : 7600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Oil on copper
Suiveur de Jacques Courtois, XVIIIe siècle — Combat de cavalerie
Huile sur cuivre
Suiveur de
Catalogue period : 2021-09-17
Follower of
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Entourage de Jacques Courtois — Paire de scènes de bataille
Huile sur toile
Entourage de ; lot groupé — prix global
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Circle of; grouped lot — total price
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Attribué à Jacques Courtois — Choc de cavalerie
Dessin au crayon
Attribué à
Date to be documented
Attributed to
Published result : 430 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600
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