The Royal Horse and Rider: Painting, Sculpture and Horsemanship 1500-1800 by Walter Leidtke (gently used copy)

The Royal Horse and Rider: Painting, Sculpture and Horsemanship 1500-1800 by Walter Leidtke (gently used copy)This is the first survey of its kind, although the subject is a central theme of European art. The book presents a history of equestrian portraits, monuments, and related forms such a bronze statuettes and engravings dating from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. Most of the text concentrates on the period from about 1550 to 1650, when the work of such eminent artist as Giambologna, Rubens, van Dyck, Velaszquez, and Bernini coincided with the