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This painting depicts a hunt with animals and riders. The scene shows a confrontation between humans on horseback and various wild animals like lions and a leopard. A lion is depicted in the center apparently pouncing on a figure beneath. The horses react to the chaos, and the painting includes details of armor and clothing textures. The image is dynamic and intense, conveying the tension and action of the scene in a style reminiscent of Peter Paul Rubens.
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This painting depicts a hunt with animals and riders. The scene shows a confrontation between humans on horseback and various wild animals like lions and a leopard. A lion is depicted in the center apparently pouncing on a figure beneath. The horses react to the chaos, and the painting includes details of armor and clothing textures. The image is dynamic and intense, conveying the tension and action of the scene in a style reminiscent of Peter Paul Rubens.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Lion Hunt

Jonas Suyderhoff after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 46.3 x 58.2 cm (18 1/4 x 22 15/16 in.) sheet: 47.8 x 59.9 cm (18 13/16 x 23 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1997.83.3
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • Dutch
  • engraving
  • Lion
  • Hunting
Provenance

(Artemis Fine Arts Ltd, London); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Inscription

across bottom in plate: P.P. Rubens Pinxit. I. Syderhoef Sculpsit / In adfectus et Venerationis Pignus Idoneum Leoninam Venationem Iudoco Van der Graft Cognato Suo Mathematicae artis cultori / P. Soutman Editor D.D.D. / Cum Privil. Sa. Ca. M. / P. Soutman Excud

NGA object ID 102550. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.