Sunday, January 01, 2012

Renaissance Saluki

An image from the 1500's, oldest western one I know of, by Federico Zuccaro, courtesy of Jess. Anyone have any info on the artist?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.saluki.it/arte.htm

Anonymous said...

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/658251/Federico-Zuccaro

Jess said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Zuccari

I had some info squirreled away on that piece:

Studies of a Greyhound
1563-64
Red and black chalk on paper, 137 x 207 mm
Musйes Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels