some interesting fur

[alessandrad]

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bacchiacca_francesco.html (click on the image for a bigger one

Comments

[operafantomet]

Looks very much like a panther, like here:
http://hiddenpalmshoa.com/images/wildlife/florida_panther_with_cub.jpg

The dress looks very plausible, I agree, except those sleeves. They seem more late 15th century, don't they?

[alessandrad]

hmm hadn't thought of panther... thanks :)

yeah the sleeves just don't quite look right, but I would say more late 15th century!

[constaffel]

Sorry for my english! I think it is a fur from a Pantherinae (in German "Grosskatze"), maybe a Lynx (was in the end of the 15th century very popular) or a Leopard from Afrika (just because of the fur structure and color).

On this picture http://www.wga.hu/art/d/david/1/cambyse14.jpg (1498, Bruges, from Gerard David) you see also a fur from a wildcat. Maybe that will help you a little bit.

Céline

[alessandrad]

Thank you :)