The Large Horse

The Large Horse — Albrecht Dürer. 1505.

Medium: engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 16.6 x 11.9 cm (6 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

This print, made as a companion work to The Small Horse, showcases the horse’s ideal and natural qualities. The small horse is perfectly proportioned and posed like a statue, while the large horse displays its muscularity and strength. Both display Albrecht Dürer’s graphic system, which depicts texture and space by varying the direction, density, and arrangement of lines within controlled sections. Short flicks smooth the transition from highlighted to shadowed areas, while elegant S curves define and create volume. These uniformly sized sheets, called “half sheets,” were Dürer’s most common format. Small and relatively inexpensive, they reached artists throughout Europe and beyond.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.