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The Falcon Hunt

Philips Wouwerman

c. 1658 - c. 1660

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

h 25.8cm × w 29.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

copper (metal); oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt')

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1808

Notes

Reigerjacht. Een jachtgezelschap van dames en heren te paard rijdt door een heuvellandschap. In de verte een stad gelegen aan een meer aan de voet ...

Collection Type

paintings

About Philips Wouwerman

1619–1668 • Dutch Republic

Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.