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Source Description
Hunting was a major pastime of the nobility, and paintings of the hunt were popular. By the late 1600s, scenes that captured the excitement of the chase or kill gave way to representations of the hunter's trophies, guarded by his dog, presumably while a meal was being served in the field. Hunting wild boar was restricted to the nobility, as was hunting with a falcon, here hooded, as it would have been when out of its cage before being released to go after a heron or other prey.The tactile appeal of the rabbit's fur or the pheasant's feathers is enhanced by the refined brushwork, rendering minute details and subtle contrasts of texture.
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Document identity
localId
38662
label
Still Life with Dead Game
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
38662
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Still Life with Dead Game
description
Hunting was a major pastime of the nobility, and paintings of the hunt were popular. By the late 1600s, scenes that captured the excitement of the chase or kill gave way to representations of the hunter's trophies, guarded by his dog, presumably while a meal was being served in the field. Hunting wild boar was restricted to the nobility, as was hunting with a falcon, here hooded, as it would have been when out of its cage before being released to go after a heron or other prey.The tactile appeal of the rabbit's fur or the pheasant's feathers is enhanced by the refined brushwork, rendering minute details and subtle contrasts of texture.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 620; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1720-1729
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.3
height
45.5
dimensionsRaw
14 5/16 x 17 15/16 in. (36.3 x 45.5 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on panel
creator_ids
4260
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2674
2747
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
caee364922c7f189