Unidentified
One of three large bronze horses in van der Doort (one in the Chair Room and two in the Cabinet Room) that might be matched with two Sale references, WS 272, no 258 or no 260
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 92, № 5
Bigger Horse
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
9½in x 0ft 0in (24.1cm high)
Frame:
black ebony wooden pedestal
Provenance:
Henry, Prince of Wales
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
inherited
Notes:
No. 5 of the Florentine bronze statues
Location:
Room description extended:
Your Majesty's statues placed round about the Cabinet Room; 36 including 16 of the 18 little statues which came to your majesty by the decease of Prince Henry; the other 2 are in the Chair Room
Original Manuscript page number:
Windsor MS., f. 23
Identification certainty:
Unknown