| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Lucas Vorsterman after Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
| Published | 1658 - 1743 |
| Dimensions | Image 380 x 500 mm, Plate 390 x 520 mm, Sheet 470 x 590 mm |
| Notes |
Plate 25 from "A General System of Horsemanship in All Its Branches," (La Methode et Invention nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux). William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle's work on equestrian training and dressage, one of the finest seventeenth century illustrated books of horses. William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle (1592–1676) an affluent politician, soldier and royalist, fought for Charles I during the English Civil War. He established a riding school in Antwerp with several Barbary horses obtained in Paris, and in 1657, published his influential work on equestrian training techniques, "A General System of Horsemanship in All Its Branches", "La Methode et Invention nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux". This work contained beautiful illustrations of Cavendish training and skilfully riding his horses at his Antwerp ménage and his various English estates like Welbeck Abbey and Bolsover Castle. Lucas Vorsterman (Zaltbommel, 1595–Antwerp, 1675) was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as well as for patrons such as Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Charles I of England. Around 1617 or 1618 Vorsterman joined Rubens's workshop and became Rubens's primary engraver for several years. Rubens was a demanding employer of engravers, with a very specific idea of the style he wanted: "As he dismissed engraver after engraver, he drove the best one, Lucas Vorsterman, into a nervous breakdown". In 1624, Vosterman moved to England. He was back in Antwerp around 1630, where he worked closely with Van Dyck, including some of the engraved artists' portraits in the Iconography project. Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596 - 1675) was a Flemish painter, glass-painter and designer of prints and tapestries. He was a pupil and assistant of Peter Paul Rubens. He worked in 's-Hertogenbosch, Antwerp, and in the early 1630s in Paris. Condition: Centre fold as issued. Minor tears to upper margin edge, not affecting image. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £350.00 |
| Stock ID | 41501 |