Ahmed 'Ata Tayyarzade (Walters MS 661) - Ottoman horses

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The Walters Art Museum has a late (XIX century)  Ottoman manuscript on the training and care of warhorses (Tuhfat ül-farisin fi ahval-i huyul il-mucahidin), in the tradition of the Islamic furusiyya manuals. 

According to the museum it was authored by  Aḥmed ʿAṭā Ṭayyārzāde, 

it was dedicated to the sultan Abdulmecid I (1823-1861) and

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Dutch Horses XIX century - Wouterus Verschuur

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another teacher to Anton Mauve was Wouterus Verschuur(died 1874), an equestrian painter of the first class.

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Jan Matejko & horses

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Jan Matejko's son on horseback

a short entry on text an rich in imagery .

Jan Matejko is one of the most preeminent Polish painters of all times. Famous for his historical paintings, and allegories in art and history, portrait paintings and numerous works on the history of costume and  architecture of his times - 1838-1893. 

horse details from his painting - Grunwald 1410

horses from his Jan III after the Victory at Vienna 1683

 horse studies

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horses from Kosciuszko at Raclawice 1794

. some of the  medieval  dukes of Kingdom of Poland on horseback

prince Boleslaw I the Tall

prince Boleslaw the Bold Rogatka

prince Trojden I of Masovia

and two very infamous personages in Polish history -   Bohdan Chmielnicki and Tuhay Bey

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