STUDIES OF HORSEMEN AND HORSES, 4th quarter of the 17th century

Pen and sepia over graphite; stuck down onto a new mount; 204 x 312 mm.
Prov.: From the Lubomirski collection.
Old inv. no. 8697.

A sheet from a sketch-book with various representations of man on a horse. The central part with the drawing of kicking horses may be based on a graphic pattern-book, e.g. H. Glotzius' Horses, published in 1570, or the scene Fall of Phaeton by M. de Vos. (repr.: Hollstein XLVI, pl. 1568).