Description: Numbered in pen and brown ink in the upper right corner: 153, and in the lower right corner: 301 (Sparre) and 306 (struck out)

This drawing has always been regarded as a pair with another drawing of a horse (Cat. 466), in spite of the evident difference in style. They have both been attributed to Giulio Romano and tentatively associated with his decoration of the Camera dei Cavalli in Palazzo Ducale in Mantua. However, the manner in this drawing, with its thin and precise contours and hatchings, is identical to the series of drawings by Andreasi in the Kunstbibliotek, Berlin. In particular, there is a striking similarity with the horse on the left in the representation of a Falcon Hunt.

Andreasi pursued a career as a court painter and architect in Mantua during the latter part of the sixteenth century, and was deeply influenced by Giulio. He also copied some of Giulio's works for Jacopo Strada [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 415]

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