Stefano Della Bella, Disegni e pensieri originali (schizzi a penna) - horses and horsemen

 Salvete Omnes,

second post from the sketchbook by Old Master Stefano Della Bella. 
this series contains sketches showing more Western European riders and horses 

.. a pen & ink drawing from a different collection

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Enjoy - 

ps for some more Old Polish costume by maestro Stefano - this time a nobleman with a special hat adornment popular in Old Poland through out the period. 
Nota bene Old Polish hunting books from the XVI-XVIII centuries advised the noble hunters to hunt for male herons to collect these special crest, tufted feathers.

Polish nobleman - fur hat with aigrette - egret crest feathers

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Equestrian-themed Jewels from Polish-Saxon Court of Augustus II the Strong

 Salvete Omnes,

Dresden's Saxon Royal Castle contains some of the most outstanding royal jewels in the world - 

the famous and fabulous green diamond of king Augustus III

among there are some beautiful examples of jewelry made for our kings Augustus II the Strong and his son Augustus III (of the Wettin Hourse). 

Augustus II had a goldsmith Johann Melchior Dinglinger working for him, and master Johann created many magnificent object of his art. These objects can be seen at  the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) inside the castle.

One of the is this cup with a horse - outfitted in the Polish style of the period, with the sabre suspended under the saddle's skirt. 

Agate, enamel, gilded silver, gold, precious and semiprecious stones were used by maestro Dinglinger to make this magnificent cup, one of two (circa 1722).

There is also these 2 figurines of  Nubian/Ethiopian drummer and trumpeter on horseback -

and many more beautiful objects - like this composition

or this egreta alias szkofia (aigrette)

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