Starting for the hunt: Michiel (1638-1653) and Cornelis (1639-1680) Pompe van Meedervoort with their tutor and coachman

Cuyp, Aelbert (1620-1691)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1652-1653

Height:

109.9 cm  (43 1/4 in.)

Width:

156.2 cm  (61 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

In the foreground two young men (Michiel (1638-1653) and Cornelius Pompe van Meedervoort (1639-1680) and their tutor mounted on horses, the coachman standing on the right with two dogs; in the background a man (mounted on a galloping horse) blowing hunting horn.

People as subjects

Pompe van Meedervoort, Michiel (1638-1653) (Non-musician/dancer)
Pompe van Meedervoort, Cornelis (1639-1680) (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

43C1144
blowing the hunting horn
43C1146
group-portrait of hunters

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hunting horn [4138]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3760