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Object Type
print
Museum number
1871,0610.772
Title
Series:
The riding school or exercise of cavalry
Description
Three cavalrymen in full armour with drawn swords, riding to the right Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jacques de Gheyn II
(workshop of)
Print made by:
Zacharias Dolendo
(?)
After:
Jacques de Gheyn II
Published by:
Claes Jansz. Visscher
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1599
(after)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
166 millimetres
Width:
206 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For the frontispiece and comment on the series see also 1873,0510.3591. The preparatory drawing is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (Van Regteren Altena, cat.no. 317).
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(207.II)
(The De Gheyn family)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
military
equestrian
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Lawrence Barnett Phillips
Acquisition date
1871
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1871,0610.772