THE HUNT

Creator(s): Dirk Langendijk (Attributed to)

On view in: Dining Room

About this object

A wooded scene with a country house on a hill at the far left. The trees are large and leafy and surround the path in the center of the painting. There are three men on horses in the foreground, one in a red jacket, the other two in blue jackets. They are accompanied by a pack of hounds. They are in full chase after a stag which is leaping over a brook at the left. Other horsemen are coming through the trees in the middle background.

Object name:

THE HUNT

Made from:

Oil on canvas

Made in:

Netherlands

Date made:

c. 1770-1780

Size:

198.1 x 243.8 cm (78 x 96 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

51.45

Class:

PAINTING

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973