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Hunting Scenes, No. 4: Bird Hunting

Publisher Published by François Langlois French
before 1556
Not on view
Engraving, part of a set of six rectangular prints with white backgrounds, representing different types of hunting scenes. In the first plane, on the left, a huntsman, in the company of his dog, shoots a heron or stork with an arquebus; another, near the center of the plate, points to a rabbit with a crossbow and, to the right, another man, sitting next to a net laid on the ground, holds some sort of decoy in his hands. In the second plane, other huntsmen with their dogs follow a hare, while a deer tries to escape, running towards the right. In the background, a group of hunters engage in falconry, chasing a falcon who, in turn, carries a pelican as his prey in his claws. This falconry scene recalls a print for April by Delaune in a series of representations of the labors of the months.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hunting Scenes, No. 4: Bird 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 11/16 in. (9.8 × 24.6 cm)
    Plate: 2 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (6.6 × 21.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.501.1(36)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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