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
About the Artist
Philips Wouwerman
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.