Looking at the top half of the card, both decks are pretty similar. They show
a Knight looking off at a club he holds in his left hand. He wears a wide brimmed
hat, sits in a saddle, and his horse is turned to look at the Baton as well.
But
on the bottom half of the card, there seems to be "confusion" on
the part of both Dodal and Conver as to what is depicted:
Near the rear of the
horse, both seem to indicate some sort of flowing drapery.
As often is the
case, Conver has a lower ground point than Dodal. Dodal
has the ground go all the way up to under the horse.
Both indicate a flower shape
on
the back of the knee.
But what is happening with the horse's
feet?
Conver seems, to my eye, to clearly show
two feet, one back and one front.
On Dodal, it is hard
to say at all. It looks like there may be two front
feet... one on the ground where you
can see the hoof touching the border,
and one raised,
but it is very poorly rendered if there at all.
Dodal has also added "F.P
Le Trenge"... "fait pour l'etranger", "made
for foreign lands", indicating the probability that his deck is designed
specifically for export. Unfortunately, this addition may cut off additional
information, perhaps even the bottom back feet?
Dodal seems very confused
generally about the front of the horse, the shapes are large and undetailed,
and make little sense.
Conver seems to imply that a draping
hangs not only off the back of the horse, but skirts
around the
horse, covering his middle and front as
well as his
back.
Is it possible that neither artist knew
what the front of the horse should look like?
Do you
feel that either of them were successful in clearly
showing the details of image?
Are there additional details about the Conver or the Dodal worth
noting?
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