Bear hunt

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1639
Height:
26.0 cm  (10 1/4 in.)
Width:
53.7 cm  (21 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

Additional titles

Study for "The bear hunt" (for the Alcázar, Seville)

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1983.69]

Description

One of four mounted hunters blows a coiled horn. Six dogs and two wild bears fight in the foreground.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (coiled)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2124