J.G. Pforr - Falconry & hare hunt

 Salvete Omnes, 

a nice Johann Georg Pforr's painting - oil painted on walnut board.

very Wouwerman like

Falconry in action, however the costumes seem odd for 1780s in Central Europe.

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Roman nosed head of this grey, and interesting saddle, non-English I presume

a very popular docking of the tail - 

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. and two hunting falcons painted around the period or slightly alter

Icelandic gyrfalcon

a Falcon by Landseer

 

Valete