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A Repose after Shooting

1770
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
A sense of satisfaction emanates from this scene, set in the twilight of a fruitful day of hunting. One gentleman rests “sated with sport” in a darkening wood, while the other adds a hare to their catch. Piled at the foot of a large oak tree, the bag includes birds of the field and woodland’s edge – colorful pheasant and pale-bellied partridge – and migratory wading birds – long-billed snipe and woodcock. The magnificent, closely-observed canopy of trees provides contrast with the three more open views. A distant view of Creswell Crags sets the background.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Repose after Shooting
  • Artist: George Stubbs (British, Liverpool 1724–1806 London)
  • Date: 1770
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 40 1/4 × 50 1/2 in. (102.2 × 128.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings