Dirk Stoop (1610 - c.1686) - Horses drinking from a trough

One of his famous prints showing horses.

Good condition with no folds, tears or stains. On laid paper trimmed on palte border.

Two horses drinking from a trough at right, one of them with a rider, another horseman in left backgroundt; from a series of twelve prints showing horses. 1651
Etching

Reference:
Hollstein 8
Weigel 1843 158.8
Bartsch IV.95.8

Dirk Stoop (1610 - c.1686)
Battle painter and etcher, worked in Utrecht. Etched series of horses in 1651. 1659 to Portugal, where he was associated with court at Lisbon; he painted a portrait of Catherine of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal, in 1661. A version of this was sent to London as part of the negotiations for a marriage between Catherine and Charles II. In 1662 he accompanied Catherine to London. He remained in London until 1678, when he returned to Utrecht.