A Repose after Shooting
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
- 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