Stag Hunt
mid-16th century
Medium
Wool, silk (13-15 warps per inch, 5-6 per cm.)
Dimensions
H. 118 x W. 252 inches (299.7 x 640.1 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
German, possibly Rhineland
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number
15.28
Tags
About the Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1472–1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472-1553) was one of the most prominent German Renaissance painters and a key artistic figure of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Kronach, Franconia, to the painter Hans Maler, Cranach began his career in Vienna around 1502, where he became one of the founders of the Danube School, a movement characterized by expressive landscape painting and emotional force. His ea...