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Pieter Schout on Horseback
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Equestrian portraits were traditionally the reserve of princes. Accordingly, in the Netherlands very few equestrian portraits were made, except for the court. Only a handful of burghers had themselves immortalized on horseback. Pieter Schout was one such citizen who assumed a princely air. He was bailiff – administrative officer – of Hagestein on the River Lek.
Title: Pieter Schout on Horseback
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Equestrian portraits were traditionally the reserve of princes.
Accordingly, in the Netherlands very few equestrian portraits were made, except for the court.
Only a handful of burghers had themselves immortalized on horseback.
Pieter Schout was one such citizen who assumed a princely air.
He was bailiff – administrative officer – of Hagestein on the River Lek.
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