Landscape with the Taming of a Horse
1620/1630
Artist, Bolognese, 1591 - 1666
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink (iron gall) with brown wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 18.8 x 26.5 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1990.67.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Possibly Pierre Crozat [1665-1740], Paris; Jean de Jullienne [1686-1766], Paris; (his sale, Paris, 30 March - 22 May 1767, no 437); to Pierre François Basan [1723-1797] (apparently for an Englishman who defaulted on his payment, so the drawing remained with Basan). Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks; gift 1990 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.60.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower right in brown ink: di Gio: Fran.co Barbieri da / Cento; and in a different hand, below: 68
Wikidata ID
Q64572428