Mounted Officer, 1610s-1630s, Unknown Flemish, 17th century, 6 5/8 x 7 5/16 in. ( x cm), Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, Netherlands, 17th century, This drawing may be related to the important series of battle pictures commissioned by Philip IV to decorate the Hall of Realms in his palace of the Buen Retiro in Madrid in the 1630s. The twelve pictures recount triumphs of the Spanish military throughout Europe and the New World, with the preeminent Spanish artists of the period contributing works, including Velasquez (1599-1660).

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