Polish servant holds horse by the reins, in the background a man on horseback, print, printmaker: Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 80 mm x width 114 mm, horse, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, Europeans, A pen-and-ink drawing showing a person seen from behind wearing a wrapped head covering and a long coat, facing a large horse whose head fills the right side of the image and whose bridle and reins are rendered in fine lines; the person appears to hold the horse's reins near its bit. To the left a smaller horse with a rider wearing a tall decorative headpiece is drawn in profile. The background is mostly blank paper with light sketch marks and faint shading around the central figures, and the entire composition is made up of delicate crosshatching and linear ink strokes.
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Polish servant holds horse by the reins, in the background a man on horseback, print, printmaker: Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 80 mm x width 114 mm, horse, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, Europeans, A pen-and-ink drawing showing a person seen from behind wearing a wrapped head covering and a long coat, facing a large horse whose head fills the right side of the image and whose bridle and reins are rendered in fine lines; the person appears to hold the horse's reins near its bit. To the left a smaller horse with a rider wearing a tall decorative headpiece is drawn in profile. The background is mostly blank paper with light sketch marks and faint shading around the central figures, and the entire composition is made up of delicate crosshatching and linear ink strokes.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A92_154

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Polish servant holds horse reins background man horseback print printmaker Stefano della Bella 1620 - 1664 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 80 mm x width 114 mm riding ass mule rider horseman Europeans pen- -ink drawing showing person wearing wrapped head covering long coat facing large horse head fills right side image bridle rendered fine lines hold horse's near bit left smaller horse rider wearing tall decorative headpiece drawn profile mostly blank paper light sketch marks faint shading central figures entire composition up delicate crosshatching linear ink strokes

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