Some horse related drawings by E. Viollet-le-Duc

Salvete Omnes,

dog days of the summer - I 'corralled' for  us some medieval equestrian drawings by the XIX century French architect and mastermind of many restoration project  Eugene E. Viollet-le-Duc

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Medicine Man - Charles Marion Russell

Salvete Omnes,

more dog days of the summer - so a nice Monday with a painting by America's favorite Western artist - Charles Marion Russell. 
The subject here is a shaman or medicine man, 

Medicine man - Blanton Museum of Art, painted circa 1916 

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Medicine man - Amon Carter Museum

Medicine man from the Gilcrease Museum 

Gilcrease M.- Medicine Man

and a solitary 'Cree Indian' (the title goes) 

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Death on Horseback chasing a Flying Knight - S. Vrancx

Salvete Omnes,

from the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art -
a drawing (c. 1631AD) by the Flemish master Sebastian Vrancx- Death on Horseback chasing a Flying night.

there is a text that translated reads - No man is so clever, nor animal so swift, Death overtakes them all.

Splendid mustache on the flying knight

. The flying horseman does not appear as a Western (Flemish, Spanish, French or German) knight, but pretty much an Eastern European - Polish, Hungarian or Croatian light horseman. Although he does not have a cravat like the fables Croatian riders did, so perhaps a Polish or Hungarian equues. 

Curb-bit with some very long shanks

He is wielding with a nadziak or horseman pick, while Death fires a pistol at the flying rider.
He has a pair of pistols (we see one in a holster) and powder flask at the belt (and presumably a long firearm hanging on his pendant), a sabre at the side and a broadsword under the thigh. 
His booted feet are firmly placed in the typical Eastern European stirrups, and his half-calf boots end with rowel spurs.
All and all a Polish or Hungarian light cavalry officer or companion.

 

the end of his long firearm visible under the horse's belly

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Two Greek pottery painters - their chariot horses

 Salvete Omnes,

two VI [6th] century BC painters from the ancient Greek world - in the theme of Iliad 

Exekias  -  the pottery from the MET.

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Painter of the Vatican Mourner -

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Oldenburg Horse - some historic photos Archive.org

 Salvete Omnes,

Graff Anton von Oldenburg and his horse graced these pages last year.

. so today just some images and a link to a fine book on the Oldenburger breed from Northern Federal Republic of Germany. 

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enjoy

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