Releasing the hounds

Wootton, John (ca. 1682-1765)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1745

Height:

47.0 cm  (18 1/2 in.)

Width:

101.6 cm  (40 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A large hunting horn hanging from a tree branch at the left side of this painting identifies the work as a hunting scene. Similar to an undated sketch by Wooton (RIdIM 6289), six dogs dominate the foreground; in the background, many more dogs race toward the far center as are being released from confinement in a thatched building on the right; a man standing beside his horse seems to be supervising the release from the doorway.

Iconclass

43C11482
hunting horn
43C1147
hunting dogs
46C13141
horse
31D14
adult man
25HH15
forest, wood - HH - ideal landscapes
25H11
mountains
25G3
trees

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hunting horn [4138]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Warner, Malcolm. The Paul Mellon bequest: Treasures of a lifetime (New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 2001) 50.

RIdIM record id

6290