This is a collection of line sketches featuring horses and abstract forms. The sketches show horses in motion, different angles, and poses, using confident lines and curves. The drawing suggests a study with variation in styles, exploring equine forms. It has a border, indicating it may be a page from a sketchbook or a deliberate collection of studies.
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Studies of Horses [verso]

Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635)

artist after Antonio Tempesta (Florentine, 1555 - 1630)

c. 1612

Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sight size: 28.5 x 21.4 cm (11 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.) ; support: 26.7 x 33.9 cm (10 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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