Description
Recto: studies of the chest and off fore-leg of a horse, bent and raised and engaged, divided into sections, with measurements. Verso: tracings of the drawings on the recto. Probably for an undocumented French equestrian monument.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; from whose heirs purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, by 1630; Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690.
