Admired in Holland thanks to the work of Roelant Savery and others, hunting scenes were also very popular in 17th century Flanders. Specialist animal painters included Paul de Vos, Pieter Boel, Jan Fijt and Frans Snijders. Swirling and dynamic action scenes, in which animals fought one other, superseded the courtly hunting scenes of the past. Oddly, human hunters are rarely seen. These painters also paid less attention to the surrounding landscape; the emphasis was always placed on the fight itself. To create these compositions, the artists made studies of every individual element, which they wove together in the studio.
| Artist |
Paul de Vos
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| Title | Fox-Hunt |
| Period | 17th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1902-B |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
veiling Antwerp 1902-05-12 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1902-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/327/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
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300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F23(FOX)
beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox
Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25G4(GRASS) plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 25H19 swamps and polders Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 34B11 dog Iconclass 43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass 43C111 game, hunted animals Iconclass 43C1112 hunt ~ mammals Iconclass 43C11123 hunt ~ predatory animals (fox, lion) Iconclass 43C111231 fox hunting Iconclass 43C1147 hunting dogs Iconclass 43C39612 fight between animals, e.g. a lion and a bear Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 138) |
| Guide du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, Orné de 52 reproductions de tableaux : Extrait du guide illustré de Gand / Jos. Casier. - Gand : Anc. Maison d'édition Vanderpoorten, 1949 (p. 23) |
| Paul de Vos / A. Lohaus-De Decker. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 340, nr. 744) |
| In het spoor van Rubens (tentoonstelling Sint-Niklaas, Zwijgershoek, 20.09.2009 - 31.01.2010) / Annemie De Gendt, Christopher Brown, Jan De Maere, Joost Vander Auwera, Hans J. Van Miegroet. - Sint-Niklaas : Stadsbestuur Sint-Niklaas, 2009 |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 165 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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