Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino, 1620/1630

The image depicts a person taming a rearing horse with figures in the background. The drawing uses a limited color palette, focusing on brown tones. Details are sketched with fine lines and shading, emphasizing… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino ¹
Date: 1620/1630 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink (iron gall) with brown wash on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,786 × 3,421 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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