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The Riding School
Also titled De rijschool
Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem, 1619–1668)
c. 1658 - c. 1660
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 4 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Wouwerman is known for his paintings of army camps, cavalry battles and hunting scenes, in which deftly painted horses always play an important role. Thanks to his eye for detail, these paintings are very lively and anecdotal. In this painting, too, emphasis lies on narrative detail: some horses are being saddled, while a woman and child just manage to avoid being kicked by one of the animals.
