Trainer, The / What seems difficult to us practice makes easy. At two pillars with the instructor in front and, set back a group of observers, one of them with horse waiting for his own action. Engraving, probably by Jan or Caspar Luyken, Amsterdam, for Chr. Weigel in Nuremberg. Ca. 1700. 13 x 8.7 cm.
From Abraham a Santa Clara’s “Something for All” (1699 + 1713), but possibly already worked for the Ständebuch of 1698, which both had several editions each. – With 6-line subtext in German. – Paper abrasion in the range of breast and arms of the rider less perceptible for the unarmed eye.
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