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Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman II (1624 – between 1666 and 1676), hand-coloured on handmade (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 55.5 x 47.7 cm
Image size: 51 x 39 cm
Passe-partout: 67 x 55 cm
Captain Mazin stands in the centre, giving instructions to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, on horseback; in six dressage movements, three of which are on a pole; two inscribed cartouches in the upper corners; after Abraham van Diepenbeeck; illustration on page 96 of La Methode et Invention nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux by William Cavendish. ca. 1657.
Inscription content: Lettered in French within the image, in the upper corners: "Les renes de la Bride ... / ... qu'à Gauche" and "Monseigneur le Marquis étant à cheual, / et / Le Capitaine Mazin à pied". Lettered within the composition with French captions describing the various instructions. Lettered in the bottom corners of the print: "Abr. à Diepenbeke delineavit." and "Lucas Vorstermans juunior fecit aqua forti". Numbered 20 bottom right.
Condition good considering age, passepartout is discoloured.
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