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Dutch School, 18th century
Horse-shoeing outside a cave forge c.1700-99
Pen and black ink with grey wash, heightened with white, over graphite on blue prepared paper | 38.6 x 46.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906458
Dutch School, 18th century
Horse-shoeing outside a cave forge c.1700-99
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A drawing of a scene set before a cave in an extensive landscape: in the foreground a number of male and female figures are attending to two horses; the horse on the left is being fed from a basket, while a farrier attends to the other one on the right before a cavern. Above is a house on a hill with a man hanging out washing. This forms a pair with RCIN 906459.
Provenance
First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p.105: '38. Of Various subjects Sacred and Profane of the Flemish School, some of Marches of Army's and Battles')
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and black ink with grey wash, heightened with white, over graphite on blue prepared paper
Measurements
38.6 x 46.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 6458
