Oil painting on canvas - landscape with knights - delivering a banner in front of a fortified city

Landscape with Knights focused on delivering a banner in front of a fortified city. The oil painting on canvas is in good condition and seems to reference the city's liberation, or at least its delivery, as evidenced by the figures of soldiers on the left and soldiers in the background on the right. The kneeling figure is a saintly warrior. The painting has a silver and simplified period frame. It has been well preserved and re-mounted on a new frame. Italy 1700.

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