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

enjoy

Valete 

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

Valete

Cheiron - lecture on Medieval curb bits and hinged bits

 Salvete Omnes

MET German curb bit

Cheiron Journal has many podcasts on their Yt channel, and today I would like to point your horses to this presentation on the Medieval Curb and Hinged Bits..

The lecturer also uses my  own art from 2012 (eg used here  - a spade bit diagram with explanation. 

.some Medieval bits

John Clark's article on the archeology of Medieval bits in England.

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Ottoman Turkish horsemen - Niklas Stor

 Salvete Omnes,

summer is in its dog days - 
I corralled some woodcuts from a German artist Niklas Stor (1503-1562)  depicting the Ottoman Turkish warriors. During this period  the Ottoman empire, Hungarian kingdom and German Reich entered into almost continued warfare. 

Master Niklas' work, in the tradition of master Albrecht Durer, provides plenty of information on the Ottoman riders and their equipment. 

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. jasyr ( esir/asir - captives in captivity)

 

two camels(Bactrian & dromedary)  

& a giraffe 

enjoy

Valete