Portraits of equine expressions in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century paintings

 Slavete Omnes,

University of Michigan Digital Collections 

 from the Journal of Veterinary Behavior come this libre article -Portraits of equine expressions in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century paintings by Denise Pereira Leme.

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It is free and about horse paintings, so why not to peruse it?  -   as the the proverbs go:

-don't look a gift horse in the mouth

-darowanemu koniowi w zęby się nie zagląda

-a caballo regalado, no le mires el diente

-Даровому коню в зубы не смотрят 

And what a joyous opportunity to share some great equestrian art on this blog 

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enjoy

Valete

 

New Book from Cheiron publishers - Rewriting equestrian history series

 Salvete Omnes,

last Sunday of this September 2026, also we have entered into the season of Autumn - Thanksgiving coming in two months.

ad rem, I was looking at the Trivent Publishing website for new Cheiron issue, and there they announced a new collection of articles on the European Medieval horses and their types: Backing the Right Horse: Types of Equids in Medieval and Later Europe.  Two articles - the Introduction and Defining the English Hackney - are 'libre' or available for download to read and study.

On this blog I have written plenty of posts on the medieval horses, mostly in the Medieval art, from destrier/dextrarius to jennet, rouncey (all purpose horse), hackney & sumpter (pack horse)- starting with this post on the dextrarius apertus of 2010..

Outright, I disagree with the position taken on breeding and breeds by Anastasija Ropa, one the editors, in the Introduction (page 11),  not only because  I read works by Juan Carlos Altamirano on the 'invention and breeding' of the  Spanish horse of king Felipe II.

In the past exchanges are had some disagreements on steppe and ancient Iranian etc horse history with on of the authors, namely Jurg Glassman. But in science and research informed disagreements just can  lead to more research and goodness - :) .

well, perhaps I get to read more of these articles, and so will you, dear fellow traveler. 

Valete

Warhammer & battle of San Roman by Uccello and mounted combat by Mair

 Salvete Omnes,

combat detail from Uccello's San Romano in Florence, Italy

I have been following the Schola Gladiatoria page on Yt for a very long time - 

but somehow I missed this presentation by Matt on the war hammer/nadziak of the late Medieval and Renaissance periods.
In the presentation  Matt demonstrates the use of the horseman's war hammer, presents some pages from Paulus Hector Mair's Fechtbuch, where warhammer is demonstrated - courtesy of Wiktenauer (a HEMA Alliance project).

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Jorg W. Hutters Fechtbuch

 discusses Piero vel Pedro Monte's instructions of this weapon use - in 2018 the writings were  translated & published as Collectanea,

and makes a reference with explanation to a mounted combat scene  in Paolo Uccello' painting, the London version - battle of San Romano.

Matt's description starts at 12min50s

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enjoy

Valete

Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg & his figurines

 Salvete Omnes,

today a short entry on sculpture with plenty of horses -

the  figurines by an artist  living and prospering within the Russian Empire, but originating from the old Duchy of Courland and Semigalia, a scion of the old Baltic German family, Clodt coat of arms- Peter Clodt von Jurgensburg. 

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Vityaz

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the horse tamer piece was also made into a monumental sculpture- 4 horses and their tamers are adorning a bridge and copies adorning a building in  Berlin, Germany, until 1945, now in a park. 

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Berlin copies

enjoy 

Valetet