Professional Documents
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Falconry
Falcons
Hunting Falcon
Italy 17th Century
(Kollerzurich)
Gyrfalcon
from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Naturalien Cabinet
(Selected Delights of Nature, or the Exquisite Collector's Cabinet)
by George Wolfgang Knorr (1705-1761), Nuremburg, Germany 1767
after B. R. Dietzschin, Christian Leinberger, et al., Engraved by Jac. Andreas Eisemann, S. Leitner, Jr, et al.
(George Glazer Gallery)
Greenland Falcon
by George Stubbs 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
Falconers
Falcon Hunting
Dutch c. 1720
(The British Museum)
A Falconer
by John Smith (1632 -1743)
(Yale Center for British Art)
A Hawking Party
by Jan Wyck c. 1690
(Yale Center for British Art)
Falconer
by the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, England c. 1753
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston))
Falconers
Modeled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (16951749)and Made by the Meissen Manufactory in Germany 1744 & 1746
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Falconer
Equipment
A Trompe l'Oeil of Hawking Equipment, including a Glove, a Net and Falconry Hoods, hanging on a Wall
by Christoel Pierson c. 1650 - 1714
(Rafael Vals)
A Trompe L'Oeil of Gaming Equipment; with Nets, Falconry Hoods, Bird Cages, a Hunting Horn, Glove and Bust
by Christoel Pierson (The Hague) c. 1650 - 1714
(Christies Auction House)
Chasse Fauconerie.
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1751
(University of Michigan)
Chasse Fauconerie.
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1751
(University of Michigan)
Chasse Fauconerie.
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1751
(University of Michigan)
Standing Cup Inscribed VIVAT Es leben alle- lustige Vallckenirer (Long Live all Merry Falconers)
c. 1700 - 1750
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Wineglass Inscribed den Valcken zum Preiss.trag ich die Speiss (To the Falcon goes the Prize; I must Carry the supplies)
c. 1700 - 1750
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Falcon Hoods
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