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Federico Grisone
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Federico Grisone was a Neapolitan nobleman and one of the first masters of dressage and courtly riding. Referred to in his time as the "father of the art of equitation", he wrote the first book on thi
Title-page of the first edition of Gli ordini di cavalcare, 1550
Title-page of the first edition of Gli ordini di cavalcare, 1550
Nineteenth-century lithograph depiction of Grisone, from Charles Aubry (1798–1841), Histoire pittoresque de l'equitation ancienne & moderne, 1833
Nineteenth-century lithograph depiction of Grisone, from Charles Aubry (1798–1841), Histoire pittoresque de l'equitation ancienne & moderne, 1833
Giovanni Battista Pignatelli
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Giovanni Battista Pignatelli was a Neapolitan nobleman and riding master. He influenced the development of alta scuola, or classical dressage, both in the Italian peninsula and in France.
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…Pasquale Caracciolo, La Gloria del Cavallo His training methods profoundly influenced the training of horses in his day, and were spread into France by Giovanni Battista Pignatelli and his pupils Salomon de la Broue and Antoine de Pluvinel. Today his methods are criticised, particularly outside Italy, for their sometimes harsh…
Bas-relief of Pignatelli on his tomb (Archbishop Pignatelli, 1700s?)
Bas-relief of Pignatelli on his tomb (Archbishop Pignatelli, 1700s?)