Who created "After the Hunt"?

After the Hunt was created by Gustave Courbet in ca. 1859.

When was "After the Hunt" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1859.

What medium is "After the Hunt"?

After the Hunt is Oil on canvas.

Is "After the Hunt" in the public domain?

Yes, After the Hunt is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

After the Hunt

Gustave Courbet

ca. 1859

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

93 x 73 1/4 in. (236.2 x 186.1 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.61

Tags

BirdsHuntingDogsFoxesRabbitsMen

Art Historical Context

**After the Hunt**, painted around 1859 by Gustave Courbet, captures the raw aftermath of a hunt in a monumental oil-on-canvas work measuring nearly 8 by 6 feet. As a leading figure of Realism, Courbet rejected the idealized scenes of Romanticism, instead portraying the unvarnished truths of rural life. This painting, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department the H.O. Havemeyer Collection depicts hunters with their dogs amid a bounty of slain game—foxes, rabbits, and birds—laid out in stark realism. Courbet's masterful technique shines in the tactile details: th...

About the Artist

Gustave Courbet · 1819–1877

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who revolutionized 19th-century art as the founding figure of the Realism movement. Born in Ornans, a small town in the Doubs region of France, Courbet came from a prosperous farming family with anti-monarchical roots—his maternal grandfather had participated in the French Revolution. This background shaped his lifelong commitment to dep...

After the Hunt

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