Trompetter te paard en een ruiter die zijn paard bestijgt, met een alternatieve studie voor zijn hoofd en schouders
after 1655
Medium
counterproof in red chalk; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
205; 160
About this artwork
…; sale, H.J. Holgen et al. [unknown section.], Amsterdam (P. Brandt), 7 May 1951 sqq., no. 579, fl. 12.50, to the museum (L. 2228)
Art Historical Context
This delicate drawing, titled *Trompetter te paard en een ruiter die zijn paard bestijgt, met een alternatieve studie voor zijn hoofd en schouders* (Trumpeter on Horseback and a Rider Mounting His Horse, with an Alternative Study for His Head and Shoulders), captures dynamic equestrian scenes from after 1655. Created anonymously, it measures a modest 160 × 205 mm, inviting close inspection of its lively figures: a trumpeter astride his mount and another rider in mid-mount, accompanied by a variant sketch of the rider's head and shoulders. Such studies were common in the Dutch Golden Age, where...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...