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A Man and a Woman on Horseback

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A Man and a Woman on Horseback

Philips Wouwerman

ca. 1653–54

Medium

Oil on wood

Tags

Men Women Boats Horses

Dimensions

12 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. (30.8 x 41.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Pfeiffer Fund, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, by exchange, 1971

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Philips Wouwerman

1619–1668 • Dutch Republic

Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.

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