Hawking Party by the Spanish Forger, Paris, c. 1910

M6407 Hawking Party by the Spanish Forger, Paris, c. 1910

The scene of the man and his lady hunting with dogs and birds of prey was a subject used by the Spanish Forger on several occasions, with slight variations; features found in all, or most, of them include two dogs running next to a stream in the foreground; the man on horseback releasing the falcon from his wrist; a finely-dressed lady on the same or an adjacent horse; a second falcon catching its prey mid-flight; a huntsman with a spear over his shoulder; and a landscape with a castle on top of a peak in the background (cf. Voelkle, figs.48-51, 230, 299). The composition is clearly derived from the August calendar miniature in the Très Riches Heures. Voelkle has catalogued this painting as P111.

Size: 364x283mm, 14.25 x 11.25 Inches, thick wooden boards: Man and his Lady hunting, small hole of nail at in centre at top and slight vertical split.