Interior of a Stable
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on cream board
Dimensions
29.9 × 32.2 cm (11 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84049
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Philips Wouwerman · 1619–1668
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.