Equitation Plate (Primary Title)
La Method Nouvelle (Series Title)

After, Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck, Flemish, 1596 - 1675 (Artist)

1658
Flemish
Prints
Works On Paper
hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 17 5/8 × 21 1/2 in. (44.77 × 54.61 cm)
Plate: 15 1/4 × 20 3/8 in. (38.74 × 51.75 cm)
70.9.351.6
Not on view
Printed within image, upper center: "Pour travailler de la rene du/ cavesson dedans la volte et de/ la jambe dumesme còté, d'une/ piste, du pas, ou au petit trot a/ Droite, et a Gauche."; upper right: "Page [number effaced]"; center: "Le qui le met sur les hanches extreme-/ ment; à cause que ses jambes de derriere/ sont faites comme nos bras, et que la/ jambe de derriere, de dedans la volte/ est mise vers celle de dehors; ce qui le/ fait plier au jarret."; lower left: "Abr. à Diepenbeke delineavit"; lower right: "Theodor van Kessel fecit" and "36." Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "39"; lower right: "48-"
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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