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Full title A Brown and White Skewbald Horse with a Saddle beside it
Artist Abraham van Calraet
Artist dates 1642 - 1722
Date made about 1680
Medium and support Oil on oak
Dimensions 34.2 x 44.4 cm
Inscription summary Signed
Acquisition credit On loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Inventory number L1117
Location Not on display
Image copyright On loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Collection Main Collection
A Horse with a Saddle Beside it
Abraham van Calraet

Like many other works by the artist, this painting was once attributed to Aelbert Cuyp, but it is related to paintings which are now considered to be by Calraet, for example 'Stable Interior with Two Dapple-Grey Horses' (Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen). The horse appears, with variations, in the Rotterdam picture.

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