Original Antique Engraving of a Horse Race at a Japanese Racing Track, 1669

€ 450

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1669
Sheet size: 32.2 × 20.2 cm (12.7 × 8.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: PCT-57122

About this sheet

Antique print, titled: 'Japansche Ren-baanen.' -

View of a race at a Japanese (horse) racing track. A man runs beside a horse (the horse's rein in his hand). A man who could keep up with the horse and jump with it over a rope would be the winner. Judges to the left and musicians in the background. Arnoldus Montanus' "Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maatschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland aan de Kaisaren van Japan […]. Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1669.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Arnoldus Montanus'.