Head of a Hound Frame:natural see Mannings and Postle

see Mannings and Postle

The cleaning has removed a (modern) discarded shoe in the left corner

This popular form of entertainment was often featured in travelling fairs and used to create supernatural illusions such as images of the devil

'An Art Student and his Teachers in the Sixties'

By the time that the market for his works peaked

Head of a Hound Frame:natural see Mannings and PostlePieter Boel was a Flemish artist with a special interest in hunting scenes and game pieces. He moved to Paris after 1668, where he designed many pieces for the Gobelins tapestry factory the Louvre contains dozens of his vivid animal sketches. This study of the head of a hound (probably a study used by Boel for his 'Boar Hunt' at the Schloss in Mosigkau) has always startled with its realism and textural brilliance. Its recent conservation a simple