Adriaen van de Venne - horse fair

 Salvete Omnes,

This work by Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) offers a quick glimpse into the world of Dutch horse market day back in the XVII century.
The painting is located at Rijks Museum in Netherlands. 

so prince Maurice and Frederick Henry, who appeared in this post on my blog,  arrived at the Valkenburg Horse Fair - in Valkenburg, South Holland. 

And the horsetrading and horsing around started :) ; the painting is full of amazing period detail and Dutch horse culture elements

a splendid palomino - perhaps Spanish horse

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wagon drivers?

a gray horse with a page boy - fully outfitted riding horse and his gentleman standing near by

Nota bene look how many  youngsters are in these images - unlike in the period films made nowadays

enjoy
Valete