Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse
Philips Wouwerman
c. 1652 - c. 1655
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
4.5; 54.5; 61.5
About this artwork
signatuur, met monogram, rechtsonder (letters van de voornaam in ligatuur): ‘PHiLs W’ in monogram
About the Artist
Philips Wouwerman
Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.