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Sketch in brown tones of an armoured rider with a spear on a rearing horse against a pale sky.

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Giovanni Paolo Balbi (1607 - 1683) on a Rearing Horse (sketch), Anthony van Dyck (1599), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An oil sketch in warm brown tones shows a mounted rider in armour holding a long spear, seated on a rearing horse against a pale, cloudy sky. The loose, painterly handling is visible in the horse's flowing mane and the rapid modelling of the figure.

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