Horsemen in the 16th & 17th C.: By Jacob De Gheyn & A.De Bruyn (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788893271554)

16 & 17 cent. knights, cavalry skirmish & equestrian school in the art of jacob de gheyn & A.De bruyn The celebrated Dutch artist Jacob de Gheyn (1565-1625), famous author of 1608 masterpiece titled: Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquet et piques in French language, and Exercise of armes in England. He is also the creator of a finest series of 22 numbered prints titled: "De ruiterschool" (the equestrian school") composed by a frontispiece, 20 prints in which one or a few different types (most armor) riders are shown, and a print of a cavalry skirmish. The second part present the artworks of Abraham De Bruyn (1539-1587), a famous Flemish Engraver. He is ranked among the Little Masters on account of his plates being usually very small. The De Bruyn series in based on several European knights and horsemen in the 16th century. The great part of all this plates are presnted for the first time in full colour

Author: Luca Stefano Cristini
ISBN-10: 8893271559
ISBN-13: 9788893271554
Publisher: Soldiershop
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2017
Pages: 122
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.32d