Stag Hunt
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23.4 × 28.8 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (17.7 × 25 cm) Image: 5 11/16 × 7 1/16 in. (14.5 × 18 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.21.111
Art Historical Context
"Stag Hunt," an etching created around 1840, captures the excitement of a traditional European pursuit through the collaborative efforts of French artist Carle (Antoine Charles Horace) Vernet and German printmaker Friedrich Johann Voltz. Vernet, celebrated for his dynamic equestrian and hunting scenes, brought a lively sense of movement to the composition, while Voltz’s expertise in animal subjects helped translate these elements into the intricate lines of the print. Measuring just over 5 by 7 inches in the image area, the work exemplifies how etching allowed artists to reproduce vivid narrat...