Hunting Equipment with Dead Hare and Birds
Artist
Jan Weenix
(Dutch, 1642-1719)
CultureDutch
Date1642-1719
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 41 1/8 x 37 in. (104.5 x 94 cm)
Overall, Frame: 51 3/4 x 41 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (131.4 x 106 x 11.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 51 3/4 x 41 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (131.4 x 106 x 11.4 cm)
InscribedWritten on back of canvas: "Mr. C.H. Wake". On tag on frame: "Lenygon Thiorant Frame and canvas #48914".
Credit LineGift of Mr. Emile E. Wolf
Object number52.59.1
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting of a still life of a dead rabbit and birds with hunting equipment.Label TextJan Weenix Dutch, 1642–1719 Hunting Equipment with Dead Hare and Birds Oil on canvas The day is nearly over, and the hunt has been successful. Jan Weenix specialized in still lifes that evoke the life of country nobility. In the Dutch Republic, they held exclusive rights to hunting on their private land. The game shown, a hare and birds, was typical of what was hunted for food in the Netherlands. Gift of Mr. Emile E. Wolf 52.59.1 ProvenanceCollection of Emile E. Wolf, New York; donated in 1952 to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (today the Chrysler Museum of Art).Published ReferencesMuseum BULLETIN, Jan. 1953.
Jan Philips van Thielen
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