Federico Grisone
Federico Grisone | |
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Title-page of the first edition of Gli ordini di cavalcare, 1550 | |
| Occupation | riding-master |
| Language | Italian |
| Nationality | Neapolitan |
| Genre | treatise |
| Subject | horsemanship |
| Notable works | Gli ordini di cavalcare |
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 this subject to be published in early modern Europe.