Two Sketches of Trotting Horse
Medium
Pen and gray ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
20.7 × 15.1 cm (8 3/16 × 6 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84043
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.