La Galopade

Method Etching
Artist Nicolas Beauvais after Charles Parrocel
Published [Paris. c. 1769]
Dimensions Image 157 x 95 mm Plate 180 x 110 mm Sheet 190 x 120 mm
Notes An handsome etching of a man riding a rearing horse. From the eighth edition of Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere's Ecole de Cavalerie. Contenant la connoissance, l'instruction, et la conservation du cheval. The work was an important French book on the training and riding of the horse, detailing equitation, veterinary treatment, dressage and general horsemanship. It has become an important text for the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.

Nicolas Beauvais 1687-1783 was a publisher and engraver working in Paris.

Charles Parrocel (1688-1752) was a French painter and engraver, specialising in battle and hunting scenes.

Condition: Time toning and discolouration around edges. Creasing at right.
Framing unmounted
Price £45.00
Stock ID 42172

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