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A Groom Bridling a Horse, early 1540s. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image/sheet trimmed within platemark: 27.8 × 19.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- A Groom Bridling a Horse
- Artist
- Hans Baldung Grien German, 1484/85-1545
- Date
- early 1540s
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet trimmed within platemark: 27.8 × 19.7 cm (11 × 7 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.