Wolf and Fox Hunt
With characteristic business acumen, Rubens created a market for a new art form: very large hunting scenes painted on canvas, of which this one is the first. These monumental paintings took the place of tapestries, a significantly more expensive medium at the time. This canvas was originally even larger, before being trimmed to fit in a collector’s home. Rubens painted the picture with the help of assistants but declared that the wolves were his own work.
Artwork Details
- Title: Wolf and Fox Hunt
- Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp) and Workshop
- Date: ca. 1616
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 96 5/8 x 148 1/8 in. (245.4 x 376.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910
- Object Number: 10.73
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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