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Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine, 1462–1522)
The Return from the Hunt
ca. 1505–7
Tempera and oil on wood
27 3/4 x 66 1/2 in. (70.5 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Robert Gordon, 1875
75.7.1
Various figures return from a successful hunt in ingeniously crafted boats while, in the background, animals flee a raging fire. This much-worn picture shows a more advanced state of civilization than its companion, also in the Museum's collection (75.7.2).