Vintage Lipizzaner Stallion’s Couette & Croupade, a Pair. Original Price: $3,400

Design Plus Gallery presents a Pair of Artworks Depicting a Rare Breed of Horse, the Lipizzaner Stallions. The pair represent Courbette and Croupade, riding abilities that the horses are trained in. With the courbette, the horse raises its forehand off the ground, tucks up forelegs evenly, and then jumps forward, never allowing the forelegs to touch down, in a series of “hops”. Extremely strong and talented horses can perform five or more leaps forward before having to touch down with the forelegs, although it is more usual to see a series of three or four leaps. In the capriole (meaning leap of a goat), the horse jumps from a raised position of the forehand straight up into the air, kicks out with the hind legs, and lands more or less on all four legs at the same time. It requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly, and is considered the most difficult of all the airs above the ground. It is first introduced with the croupade, in which the horse does not kick out at the height of elevation, but keeps the hind legs tucked tightly under, and remains parallel to the ground. These drawings represent these tricks that the Lipizzaner are known to do and are accomplished with. Both the drawings have a seal crest under the drawing, within the first matte within the frame. Both are in good condition with minimal wear.