canvas: 20⅞ by 15 in.; 54.1 by 38 cm. framed: 28⅝ by 22½ in.; 72.6 by 57.2 cm.

A shaffron, or horse head guard, (left ... But his favourite is Equestrian Portrait of Leopoldo de’ Medici (around 1624-25) by the Florence-based Flemish painter Justus Sustermans, on loan ...

I started as a portrait photographer doing portraits ... else as a distractor who will rustle or call out to get the horse’s head to turn. I also take an iPad with a load of horse whinnies ...