Abstract
In the visual landscape of the early modern period, images of men on horseback occur with great frequency. This chapter seeks in two ways to invigorate the general torpidity of current art historical interpretation. First, it considers instances of equestrian imagery not usually analysed by art historians. Instead of looking at portraits and images of battles and ceremonies, book illustrations accompanying printed manuals of horsemanship. Information pertaining to the training and riding of horses provides the main content of these books that have remained outside the purview of art historical discourse. Second, bridges the hermeneutic divide between using imagery as visual evidence of historical phenomena and conditions on the one hand, and treating imagery as the product of artistic/artisanal and technical training on the other. In fact, both horse and illustration served as essential vehicles for the demonstration and display of early modern ideals and identities. Keywords:equestrian imagery; historical interpretation; horses; Renaissance art
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