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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Pisanello. The drawing shows a boar, seen from the side, walking towards the left. The boar's right front and back feet are lifted as it walks forwards. It has a snarled snout with two tusks visible. It has a ridge of hair along its spine and wavy hairs for a tail.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"No. 4
PISANELLO
(b. 1397; d. 1455)
STUDY OF A BOAR
Collection of Sir Edward Poynter, P.R.A. Pen and bistre on vellum.
9.7 x 16.7 cm. (3 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
A fine study, especially remarkable for the clean drawing of the eye and snout with the tusks, to which the reproduction hardly does justice. Some of the darker bristles may perhaps have been retouched by a later hand, but in all essentials the drawing is a sound specimen of Pisanello's work. This study was possibly preliminary to the 'Venator Intrepidus' medal of Alfonso V.
G. F. H."
Technique: REPRODUCTION
Technique: collotype (print)
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Pisanello, Study of a Boar (1932.73/4). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.105126 | Go to resource |
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