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The image is a pencil sketch depicting a scene with a low horizon line, including trees, a statue on a pedestal, and figures engaging in activities. The sketch has a monochromatic color palette with quick pencil strokes suggesting motion and activity.
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The image is a pencil sketch depicting a scene with a low horizon line, including trees, a statue on a pedestal, and figures engaging in activities. The sketch has a monochromatic color palette with quick pencil strokes suggesting motion and activity.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Elegant Hunting Party Resting by a Fountain

Peeter Bout

Date
1685
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 24.4 x 37.6 cm (9 5/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1997.14.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
  • Flemish
  • Hunting
  • Party
Provenance

Agnes Mongan [1905-1996], Cambridge, MA; (L'Antiquaire & The Connoisseur Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Watermarks

Man in the moon

NGA object ID 98120. 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.