John Wycke, battle painter [art original]Vertue, George, 1684-1756[between 1720 and 1756?]engDrawing of Jan Wyck (or John Wijck) (1566-1640), Flemish born painter, son of Thomas Wyck (ca. 1616-1677). Settled in England where he excelled at depicting battle scenesTitle from inscription in ink below image.Signed in ink, lower right: G. V.Inscription in pencil, lower left: [illegible].Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Wyck in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 133.George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.