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Islandic gerfalcon

unknown1759

The Royal Armoury, Sweden

The Royal Armoury, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden

A hand is holding the claws of a gerfalcon's claws. It is stretched into the painting from left side, dressed in a leather glow and a blue and red uniforms sleeve. The bird's head is covered with a cap. This cap is embroidered in gold and silver with an electorial crown, on top of it a crest of red, yellow, white and blue yarns. Around the bird's legs little bells are fastened. The hand and the bird are seen against a background of a light blue sky with some clouds above a low horizon with a sloping range of mountains. Underneath the mountains at the right side of the painting a long text is discernible, on a rather clumsily painted ground of dark brown colour. With some difficulty the following can be read:
"Dieser graue Eyssländer Terz Kron // printzk genant ist vom Ihro Mayestät dem Könige // von Dennemark an Ihro Hochfuerstl. Durchl. Herrn Marq- // graffen Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander zum Present // ueberreichet worden so den 30 October Ao 1758 in Fried(richs)dorff angelangt und hat ao 1759 an seinen rothen feedern 16 Milanen gefangt"
It is not signed.

Details

  • Title: Islandic gerfalcon
  • Creator: unknown
  • Creator Gender: None
  • Date Created: 1759
  • Provenance: The King of Denmark, Fredrik V (1723-1766), Markgreve C F C A = Christian Friedrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Culmbach, (1708-1769), markgreve 1763 or his predecessor, his nephew Friedrich (1711-1763), margrave in 1735. Gift from the Foundation of the Royal Armoury, bought from the Art dealer Rapp, Stockholm, in 1959.
  • Physical Dimensions: W 570 mm, H 745 mm
  • Painter: Unknown artist
  • Subject Keywords: Painting, Falcon, Falconry
  • Type: Oil on canvas
  • External Link: Livrustkammaren

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