Van Dyck's painting "An Andalusian Horse" is a significant dual-sided work, initially thought to depict a horse, later revealing a rare landscape study on its reverse.
The spontaneous and flamboyant nature of the horse study illustrates Van Dyck's love for horses, reflecting his artistic growth just before departing for Italy in 1621.
Van Dyck originally painted a rider atop the horse in his study; however, this figure was later removed, leading scholars to speculate on its purpose in relation to the Uffizi portrait.
This double-sided study has been acknowledged as the artist's earliest grand-scale depiction of a lone horse and the only existing oil landscape attributed to him.
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