
Rijksmuseum
A Rearing Horse before a Landscape
Creator
Hercules SeghersDutch painter and engraver (c.1589-c.1638) · 1589–1638
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- c. 1618 - c. 1622
- Medium
- linen (material)
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- RP-P-H-OB-865
From the Rijksmuseum record
A fierce rearing horse towers above a tiny strip of landscape. Segers based this depiction of an animal – the only one he made! – on a print after a design by the Italian artist Antonio Tempesta.
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French Equestrian LithographyThese prints are connected by their French origin, lithographic printing technique, and shared subject matter depicting horses, riders, and military cavalry scenes from the 19th century.
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