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fringed tail, perches on the shed, underneath which are 

 the ox and ass. Sheep feed in the distance, and a 

 greyhound watches the struggle in the foreground with 

 interest, but thinks it prudent not to intervene. 



Jacopo Bellini probably owed much to Pisanello, Jacopo 

 and also to Gentile da Fabriano. They both came to i4oo-i464(?) 

 Venice to decorate the Ducal Palace, and their fresh 

 and vivid outlook upon nature could not but be a 

 powerful stimulus to Jacopo. 



One of his sketch-books, dated 1430, which is now 

 in the British Museum, contains, amongst studies of 

 architecture in perspective and the human figure, a large 

 proportion of drawings of animals and birds. 



These include a family of lions with cubs (2), lions 

 attacking horses (7), a lion on its back rolling over and 

 playing with a cub, the lioness sitting near (15), a lion 

 with two cubs, one crawling on to its back (82), deer, 

 lion and lioness, and rabbit (16), a man with hawk on 

 wrist, another with a hunting dog (13), two eagles on a 

 branch (58), a beautiful stag (71), four hawks on a 

 perch, and a dog barking at an ape (89), five cheetahs, 

 one running with an easy springing gait (92).^ 



Gentile Bellini in the Preaching of St. Mark at Gentile 

 Alexandria (Milan, Brera) has painted camels and a ™^!'jco.7 

 giraffe. If the neck is not quite satisfactory, he has 



' The numbers are those of the pages on the Museum stamp. 



71 



