Jul 8
Venetian School, 18th century Study of Greyhounds
A few swift lines are enough to capture the unmistakable elegance of the sighthound.
This eighteenth-century sheet, attributed to the Venetian School, gathers several studies of greyhounds observed in different poses. Far from being finished works, such drawings were often created to understand anatomy, movement, and proportion before the animal appeared in a larger composition.
The artist needed only a handful of strokes to suggest the deep chest, the long neck, the tucked-up body, and the quiet balance that have distinguished the sighthound for centuries.
Sometimes, the simplest sketches reveal the keenest eye.
