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The National Gallery is collaborating with the London Film School on 'Transcriptions: LFS Shorts', an innovative new project which involves second term students producing short 3-4 minute films inspired by the Gallery’s collection as part of their course.
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From the Film Maker
From I was initially drawn to the broody palette of the painting and the tension I felt seeing this horse as it awaited a rider. I began to think about the nature of the horse’s owner in conjunction with the apocalyptic tone I saw in the painting’s desolate skyline and bric-a-brac foreground. It became a portrait of the moment before the horsemen of the apocalypse rode out, and I wanted to supply the other half of the image – the horsemen’s preparations.
Rupert Van Den Broek
A piece inspired by Abraham van Calraet, A Horse with a Saddle Beside it, about 1680,
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN