Falcon with red cord | anonymous不詳 | 19th century

This falcon painting is not signed and can only be dated approximately, but the painter was undoubtedly an impressive artist. This can be said because the painting can hardly be assigned to a school of thought. There was a great deal of originality at work here. The painting meets the requirements of grandeur and heroism that a client - we can assume he was - expected from a portrait of "his" falcon. The composition of the painting is simple, but the bird of prey is nevertheless completely natural in its pose. 

The attention to detail is unbridled – a look at the finer details in the depiction of the head, for example, is a feast for the eyes, and yet the power of the entire figure is not lost despite the many finer details.

The joy of the splendor of such a bird is also expressed with the remaining elements of the picture - the bright sky blue of the ankle cuffs and the vibrant red of the elaborately braided cord (which fulfills an important balancing task in the composition of the picture) is an expression of pure admiration of a majestic falcon