Forest Scene, a Halt at the Left, a Hunt at the Center

Forest Scene, a Halt at the Left, a Hunt at the Center by Pier Francesco Mola

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk

Dimensions

6 3/8 x 14 13/16in. (16.2 x 37.7cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Accession Number

1975.131.36

Tags

HuntingForests

About the Artist

Pier Francesco Mola

Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...

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