A rider on a rearing horse: PD.44-1999

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A rider on a rearing horse

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Sir Peter Lely (Lugt 2092); the Earls of Pembroke; Pembroke Sale, Sotheby's, 10 July 1917, lot 467; Henry Oppenheimer, his sale, Christie's, 10-14 July 1936, lot 106; bought by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. for Captain Norman Colville, M.C.

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 141 mm
Width: 119 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1999) by Colville, Norman R., Colonel, the trustees of

Dating

Production date: not before AD 1481

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Metalpoint

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( the sheet cut from a larger one; the upper corners cut diagonally)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Metalpoint reinforced with pen and brown ink on a pinkish prepared paper

References and bibliographic entries

Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 22
Drawings by the Old Masters at Wilton House
[Vasari Society, 2nd Series]
Disegni di Leonardo da Vinci
Zeichnungen Leonardos
Leonardo da Vinci page(s): 147
Drawings of the Florentine Painters page(s): 115
Leonardo da Vinci, The Artist
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci page(s): 72
Leonardo da Vinci Drawings in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle page(s): xxxvi, 285
From Pisanello to Cézanne page(s): 164
Chefs-d' oevre du Fitzwilliam Museum de Cambridge; Dix ans d' acquisitions de dessins de maîtres anciens

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.44-1999
Primary reference Number: 52
Lugt: 2092
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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