Quian Xuan - late Song and Yuan painter

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a noble horse archer 

Quian Xuan (1235-1305) - was a painter and calligrapher during the Song and Yuan dynasties of China. He grew up during the conquest of Chinese states by Chingiss Khan and later creation of the Yuan, Mongol, Dynasty.  He is known by his intricate paintings of birds, landscapes, and mixing of the late Song style and ancient Tang one.   

Liao Dynasty period painting of the famous consort

Consort Yang mounting a horse while emperor is watching. - Smithsonian has a page devoted to this artwork.

Tang emperor and his eunuchs retainers

consort being helped to mount the horse . Note the dragon on the saddle's skirt

Yang Guifei was considered one of the Four Beauties of China, and subject of many paintings and artworks in the Chinese and Japanese arts. eg this Wiki Commons page.
During the An Lushan rebellion when imperial forces were all but defeated, the Tang guard soldiers surrounding the emperor forced him to order his favorite consort to commit suicide. She died in July 756 Ad, but went on to live as the object of art and poetry and novels in the Asian history etc. 

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J.G. Pforr - Neapolitan horse

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continuing with the maestro Pforr's horses and some horse description from the XVIII century, we have come to the Neapolitan horse of the period -

Stallions - dapple grey  and bay

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Neapolitan horses and Italian horses in general were famously desired as noble steeds, splendorous coach horses and knightly chargers during the late Medieval and  early modern periods. With the invention of the courtly riding and dressage they became more of the horses of pomp and for parade etc..

beautiful eye, pointy ears, and clearly visible Roman nose

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noble horse through and through 

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from Sportsman's Dictionary - 

Dabrowski's Polish Legion in Italy during the Napoleonic period had this interesting Neapolitan horse experience in 1790s, turning some of this  infantrymen-by-necessity  into true lancers, but we may tell that story some other time I hope
to be continued 

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Spinola, Bocquoy & Velasco - siege of Rheinberg from del Prado

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a fine Saturday one could say, as the World War III yet have not started - Go willing never will, but let us pray for peace in the Holy Land, Europe and the rest of the world.
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as rem, it is going to be about some heavy lance cavalry on war footing in the early XVII century western Europe, the town of Rheinberg on the banks of that great European river - the Rhine.
Museo del Prado, in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain-EU, has this painting -  Asedio de la villa de Rinsbarch (Rheinberg), circa 1601AD?

During the 80 Years War - when the Dutch rebelled against their Spanish Hapsburg kings and for many years fought against the Hapsburg armies until  independence in 1622AD.

in 1601 AD this Lower Rhine river town had been 'passing,' by means of conquest and reconquest, between the forces of Dutch and the Spanish armies starting at least in 1588AD through 1633, and in this instance  Rheinberg had been put under siege by the Hapsburg forces under Ambrogio Spignola, who had in his officer core de Bucquoy and Louis de Velasco. 

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interesting details can be find in this painting - quite a lot of cavalry, especially lance cavalry supplied by Spignola and his subcommanders.

lance company or banner under de Velasco

ferrying horses across the river

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in the foreground a dappled horse with a tied tail ridden side-saddle by a woman

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we can see here the size of the lances and manner of holding them

enjoy
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