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Studies of a Horseman and the Head of a Horse
Also titled Studies van een ruiter en het hoofd van een paard
Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp, 1599–1641)
c. 1617 - c. 1621
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 263 mm x width 164 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Anthony van Dyck dashed off this quick sketch without relying on an underdrawing. Using rapid brushstrokes, he created volume and movement, especially in the horse in the foreground, whose mane seems to flutter in the wind. The drawing was probably intended as a preparatory study for a painting. The artist noted the colours to be used, for instance white for the muzzle.
