Hunting with a Hawk (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)

Unknown

ca. 1515–35 · Wool and silk thread · Medieval Art

This tapestry belongs to a larger set of four, featuring activities that take place within and around an enclosed hunting park. Here, hawking is the focus. At center, a youth sits astride a rearing horse while he watches his falcon bring down a bird. The folded back wings of the falcon are precisely observed, and capture the bird at the end of its dive. Outside the gated enclosure, one shepherd plays the bagpipes, another drinks, and a third dances with a shepherdess.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1515–35

Medium

Wool and silk thread

Culture

South Netherlandish

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941