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A frontal view of an action-packed hunting scene. The landscape includes two figures on horseback chasing a large boar with hunting dogs and an archer on foot. Trees in the background and foreground add detail to the scenery. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray, black, and white, creating contrast and drama.
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A frontal view of an action-packed hunting scene. The landscape includes two figures on horseback chasing a large boar with hunting dogs and an archer on foot. Trees in the background and foreground add detail to the scenery. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray, black, and white, creating contrast and drama.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Antique Boar Hunt

Gerhard Janssen

Date
1716
Medium
etching and open-bite on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.5 × 19.9 cm (5 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 23 × 32 cm (9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.) (irregular)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.103.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Horse
  • Weapons
  • animal
  • Figures
Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in image, in reverse: GJ [in monogram] 1716

Watermarks

three stars

NGA object ID 206740. 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.