Also know as "plaisante chasse" or "chasse de volerie", hawking was a favourite pastime of the lords of the period.Thought to be the creation of Flandrine workshops (in about 1500), this medieval masterpiece today adorns one of the vaulted rooms of the Hotel de Cluny in Paris.A Lord setting off on a hunt, identified by his highly decoreted coat and his light-coated horse, rides away from his chateau.His leather gaiters protect his calves from being scratched by the undergrowth.
