Large Wooden Horse, Artist’s
Model Famous Renaissance painters and sculptors worked in their studios alongside students, apprentices and established artists. These studio companions were responsible for many of the paintings and sculptures referred to in auction houses or in the literature as: ‘from the studio of’, ‘in the style of’ or ‘from the circle of’.The walls of these studios were lined with plaster casts of classical sculptures: casts of busts, hands, feet, legs, arms and torsos. Articulated wooden models of the human body and horses were in demand and used on a daily basis. Today, these models are still sought after by connoisseurs for their esoteric appeal. Carved from wood, with intricate and functional joints. Extremely expressive, they seem to have a message for you! In the classical style and taste...
Origin: Asian
Period: New
Materials: Wood
Dimensions: H 37 x 34 x 8.5 cm