Art, literature & history
A Groom Bridling a Horse
early 1540s
- Dating
- Within this decade
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet trimmed within platemark: 27.8 × 19.7 cm (11 × 7 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1951.369
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Hans Baldung. A Groom Bridling a Horse. Hans Baldung; Art Institute of Chicago; Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
A Groom Bridling a Horse — Hans Baldung. early 1540s.
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image/sheet trimmed within platemark: 27.8 × 19.7 cm (11 × 7 13/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.