3760 - Jan van der Straet, Wild Horses

Jan van der Straet, Wild Horses a stately horse on the cliffs, with three horses in the wild in the background; copperplate engraving, late 16th century; inscribed in the lower right-hand corner of the image: “Ioannes Stradanus inventor. Theodor Galle excudit”, with a Latin verse beneath the image; slight signs of ageing; mounted under a passe-partout; image dimensions excluding text approx. 19.5 x 25.5 cm; sheet dimensions approx. 20.5 x 26.5 cm. Artist’s details: Latinised as Johannes Stradanus, painter and draughtsman (1523 Bruges - 1605 Florence), a pupil of his father and of Pieter Aertsen in Antwerp; a member of the Guild of St Luke from 1545; moved to Florence in 1550, where he worked on the decoration of numerous important buildings; source: Wikipedia.