Hunting Party in the Courtyard of a Country House
Date:
1650/1670
Medium:
Paint on canvas
Dimensions:
32 × 27 inches (81.28 × 68.58 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb
Object number:
58.169
Outdoor scene with a hunting party in the courtyard of a house. In foreground at left, a wheelbarrow rests against a wall. A man, with a long staff, leads two dogs towards archway in wall. Group of seven figures in right center. Two figures, one man and one woman, are on horseback. A man bends over a pack of dogs. At right, a woman carrying a pitcher faces left. Another woman and a man carrying a gun stand behind her. Scene framed on three sides by architectural facade.
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