10-09-2019, 10:50 AM
I'm not sure that the lines on the VMS feline are connected. On the body, I see a series of slightly curved marks, slanting to the right, then another row of similar curved marks underneath them. Three rows on the narrow part and maybe? a fourth row on the thicker shoulder part.
The face is a little different. The lines are almost connected and they are more seagull shaped than the ones on the body.
The texture on the neck is definitely different from the rest of the body... messier. The way it was painted might be somewhat obscuring the mane. If that part were painted darker, it would look like a mane.
So then comes another question... was the illustrator drawing a lion (not a very good drawing but still a lion) and the painter coloring it as something else? The blue color is not unusual. Many medieval animals are colored blue, but it's daubed on in such an odd and light-handed way, maybe so it doesn't cover up the lines? or because the painter didn't quite know how to deal with it? Or maybe the blue was running out.
The face is a little different. The lines are almost connected and they are more seagull shaped than the ones on the body.
The texture on the neck is definitely different from the rest of the body... messier. The way it was painted might be somewhat obscuring the mane. If that part were painted darker, it would look like a mane.
So then comes another question... was the illustrator drawing a lion (not a very good drawing but still a lion) and the painter coloring it as something else? The blue color is not unusual. Many medieval animals are colored blue, but it's daubed on in such an odd and light-handed way, maybe so it doesn't cover up the lines? or because the painter didn't quite know how to deal with it? Or maybe the blue was running out.