Hunting Scenes, No. 2: Boar Hunting
Engraving, part of a set of six rectangular prints with white backgrounds, representing different types of hunting scenes. The picture in this print consists of a boar, near the center, being attacket by two men holding spears, one of them (on the left) on horseback and the other (on the right) on foot. Several dogs surround the animal, three of them biting it. Another dog is held with a latch by another man, on the right side of the print, who is right in front of another hunter, who blows a horn. In the background, near the center, another man, holding a spear vertically next to him, and with two dogs by his side, blows another horn. Two rabbits are on the lower left corner, separated by a tree from another couple of dogs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hunting Scenes, No. 2: Boar Hunting
- Artist: Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
- Publisher: Published by François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris)
- Date: before 1556
- Medium: Engraving: between second and third states
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (9.9 × 24.8 cm)
Plate: 2 11/16 × 8 3/4 in. (6.9 × 22.2 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
- Object Number: 54.501.1(34)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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