Author: MICHIELSEN, Hans (artist).
Title: [A peregrine falcon flying in the sky with a captured pigeon in its talons].[The Netherlands], November 1983. Mixed media drawing with coloured crayon, gouache and watercolour on paper (ca. 74.5 x 60.5 cm). Signed “Hans Michielsen” and dated “11/‘83” in gouache in the bottom left corner. In passepartout and framed (ca. 100 x 80 cm).
Description: Impressive, large sized drawing by the 20th-century Dutch artist and illustrator Hans Michielsen, depicting a peregrine falcon flying with its prey in a mountainous landscape. This peregrine falcon is a bird of prey in the genus “Falco” of the subfamily “Falconinae”. Its name was changed to "Falco peregrinus" (pilgrim falcon) in 1771 by the English ornithologist Marmaduke Tunstall (1743-1790). It ranks among the largest falcons and is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h during a high-speed diving stoop to take a quarry. Because of its equable disposition, it is one of the most popular falcons used in falconry.In very good condition.

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