Rearing Horse, Near a Stable, plate one from Series of Horses
Dirck Stoop
1651
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet; cut within plate: 14.6 × 19.2 cm (5 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
32743
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Son of a glass painter, Stoop probably traveled to Italy between 1635 and 1645, and later to the courts of Spain and England. He made only nineteen prints, and was best known as a painter of horses.
About the Artist
Dirck Stoop · 1610–1686
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