Ancient Egypt
An 19th century ancient Egyptian fresco shows cheetahs as part of a hunting party.
From the collection of Victora & Albert Museum in London, England
(Thank you to San Diego CCF chapter for this information)
Italian Renaissance
In the 1400's, Italian renaissance painters painted cheetahs in the scenes on chapel walls. Cheetahs were part of the royal hunting
A cheetah is seen on the back of a horse in this fresco (paint in wet plaster) on the walls of the Palazzo Medici Ricardi in Florence, Italy. In the 1400's, Italian Bennozzo Gozzoli painted this on the walls inside the Magi Chapel of the palace in Florence, Italy. It is titled "Procession of the Magi."