MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER (UTRECHT 1636-AMSTERDAM 1695)
Grooms with Horses, a Grey and a Dark Bay, at Nijenrode Castle
Signed and dated 1686?RCIN 405955
This scene, depicts the main entrance to the Nijenrode Castle (which survives to this day) and the terrace, separated from the moat by a balustrade, where elegant figures strut like cranes and where liveried grooms tend more fine Spanish horses.