Attributed to Inigo Jones, 1573–1652, British, A Plumed Saddle-Horse, ca. 1640
- Title:
- A Plumed Saddle-Horse
- Date:
- ca. 1640
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 inches (14.3 x 12.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "No Ref."
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.977
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | feathers | horse (animal) | masques | plume | saddle
- Associated Places:
- Banqueting House | England | Europe | London | United Kingdom | Westminster
- Associated People:
- Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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From 1622 masques were held each year in Jones's Banqueting House until the Rubens ceiling paintings were installed in 1635. It quickly became apparent that the smoke from the torches that illuminated the masques was damaging Rubens's paintings, and a wooden structure was erected nearby to accommodate the annual performances. This drawing of a plumed horse probably relates to Jones's designs for the last masque performed at Whitehall: Salmacida Spolia (The Spoils of Salamis) written by Sir William Davenant for the year 1640. The visions of peace and plenty celebrated in the masque rang hollow when measured against actual events. The king's eleven years of rule without Parliament were at an end, and the rebellion of the Scottish Covenanters left Charles at war with his own subjects. Gallery label for Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
This study of a plumed horse probably relates to Jones’s designs for the last masque ever performed at Whitehall Palace: Salmacida Spolia (The Spoils of Salamis) written by Sir William Davenant for performance in the year 1640. The visions of peace and plenty celebrated in the masque rang hollow when judged against actual events. The king’s eleven years of rule without Parliament had come to an end with the rebellion of the Scottish Covenanters which left King Charles I at war with his own subjects. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2011
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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