Portrait of a Falconer Holding a Hawk on Gloved Right Hand (image 2 of 2), Late 16th domesticated and specially trained birds of prey were highly prized and frequently depicted in a variety of mediums. Such was their importance that even the bird’s handler became a fitting subject, as in this Ottoman portrait of a young page with a hawk.
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Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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