Workshop of Pisanello 1395-approximately 1455, Two Herons, another Water-Bird, and a Falcon. Verso: Two Sketches of Eagles, and a Perspectival Study, 1981.82

In one of my many searches for horse art online I ran across these sketches by Pisanello who was a distinguished Italian artist during the early Renaissance.

Antonio Pisanello (1395-1455) Gepard

Pisanello Leonello d'Este [7] (1443) recto Berlin Münzkabinett Gesichter der Renaissance faces catalogue no. 068

Pisanello: The Vision of Saint Eustace. Pisanello (1395–1455) Alternative names Il Pisanello, Antonio Pisanello, Antonio di Puccio Pisano Pisanello, Birth name: Antonio di Puccio Pisano

Pisanello - Codex Vallardi 2281 r - Category:Codex Vallardi - Drawings by Pisanello - Wikimedia Commons

Pisanello - Codex Vallardi 2458 - Pisanello catalog raisonné, 1972 - Wikimedia Commons

The cows which are lying in more or less similar positions are represented from three different angles. In Pisanello s studies of animals there is no single emphasized view, he looked at the animal from every side, observed the tension and relaxation of its muscles, the resilience or flabbiness of its skin or hide while it was moving and then depicted it. He did not construct his drawings by simply placing scrupulously observed details side by side, but threw light upon the various details while keeping in mind the whole structure. So profoundly could he pursue the smallest change in the animal's appearance that he had no need to take an inventory of its limbs, nor to regard the position of its head as a symbol of its body. All we can see represents the whole animal most expressively. This, of course, demands a very high and sophisticated level of draughtsmanship. Pisanello conveyed the animals' contours and interpreted the different shapes, masses and delicate effects of the surfaces by changing thickness of a single line, or by lines drawn closely side by side with a sure hand and an unbroken, enclosed line.

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Antonio Pisanello (1395-1455) Este-Prinz als Falkner - Paris Collection Frits Lugt

Antonio Pisanello (1395-1455) St. Georg - Windhund mit zugebundener Schnauze und Halsband nach links schauend

Tartine, Crema di Jalapeno, pomodoro Pisanello e pomodori verdi sott'olio È il periodo dei peperoncini, con gli jalapeno Verdi si può realizzare una Tartine, Crema di Jalapeno, pomodoro Pisanello e pomodori verdi sott'olio, utilizzare per tantissimi ricette.In questo periodo si possono trovare nei ca..

Musée du Louvre - Les collections du département des arts graphiques. Données sur l'oeuvre Cinq études de rapaces - PISANELLO Antonio

Commistione arti diverse: Scultura (Nanni) + pittura (Pisanello) per decorare tomba terragna.

The Conversion of St. Paul, Cutting from a Gradual by Pisanello, 1440-1450

1440s.Pisanello,Tournament Scene (detail) fresco Ducal palace,Mantua. Torneo-battaglia di Louverzep in the Palazzo Ducale,Mantua.

Pisanello, Fallen horses, mid 15C. Codex Vallardi 2374, Louvre, Paris.