Lucas Vorsterman II, Capriolles sur les Voltes à Main Gauche, 1658.
Engraving. 383 mm x 514 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Capriolles sur les Voltes à Main Gauche, 1658
Lucas Vorsterman II (May 1624 - ca. 1667)
RA Collection: Art
383 mm x 514 mm
Methode Et Invention Nouvelle De Dresser Les Chevaux Par Le Tres-Noble, Haut, Et Tres-Puissant Prince Guillaume Marquis Et Comte De Newcastle Vicomte De Mansfield, Baron De Bolsover Et Ogle; Seigneur De Cavendish, Bothel Et Hepwel; Pair D'Angleterre; Qui eut la charge & l'honneur d'étre Gouverneur du Serenissime Prince De Galles en sa jeunesse, maintenant Roy De La Grande-Bretagne; Lieutenant pour le Roy de la Comté de Nottingham, & de la Forest de Sherwwod; Capitaine general en toutes les Provinces outre la Riviere de Trent, & autres endroits du Royaume d'Angleterre; Gentil-homme de la Chambre du lit du Roy; Conseillier d'Etat & Privé; Chevalier du tres-noble Ordre de la Jartiere, &c. Oeuvre, auquel on apprend à travailler les chevaux selon la nature, & parfaire la nature par la subtilité de l'art; traduit de l'Anglois de l'Auteur, par son commandement, enrichy de plusieures belles Figures en taille douce. - A Anvers,: [1658]
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