A rider on a rearing horse, by Leonardo da Vinci

An image of A rider on a rearing horse. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519). Metalpoint reinforced with pen and brown ink on a pinkish prepared surface, height 141 mm, width 119 mm. Not before 1481. Acquired from the Trustees of Colonel Norman R. Colville, deceased, by Private Treaty Sale from the Gow, Cunliffe, Leverton Harris, Perrins and Reitlinger funds, with a contribution from The Art Fund, The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and a grant from the Pilgrim Trust, with contributions from Mrs Monica Beck, David Scrase and an anonymous donor, 1999.

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A rider on a rearing horse. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519). Metalpoint reinforced with pen and brown ink on a pinkish prepared surface, height 141 mm, width 119 mm. Not before 1481. Acquired from the Trustees of Colonel Norman R. Colville, deceased, by Private Treaty Sale from the Gow, Cunliffe, Leverton Harris, Perrins and Reitlinger funds, with a contribution from The Art Fund, The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and a grant from the Pilgrim Trust, with contributions from Mrs Monica Beck, David Scrase and an anonymous donor, 1999.

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Accession Number: PD.44-1999
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 872 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 817.49kB
Captured: 2008:02:11 16:50:39

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15th Century _WF_ArtFund animal animals drawing equestrian Fitz_PDP High Renaissance horseback horseman horses Italian Leonardo da Vinci metalpoint mounted rearing rearing horse Renaissance rider riding a horse sketch

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