The Boar Hunt

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Hans Wertinger was among a group of northern European Renaissance artists who painted landscapes for the backdrops of religious and secular compositions. These painters developed a common interest in the landscape of the Danube River Valley, in present-day Germany, as a genre in its own right, and peopled their landscapes with biblical and contemporary figures.
Here, Wertinger depicts a contemporary boar hunt. The mounted hunter on the right wears a plumed hat and a doublet with slashed sleeves, the height of fashion in northern princely courts at the time.
Caption
Hans Wertinger German, 1465/70–1533. The Boar Hunt, ca. 1525–1530. Oil on cradled panel, 8 1/4 × 15 1/4 in., 90 lb. (21 × 38.7 cm, 40.82kg) frame: 13 3/4 × 20 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (34.9 × 52.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, 49.230. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 49.230.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Boar Hunt
Date
ca. 1525–1530
Geography
Place made: Germany
Medium
Oil on cradled panel
Classification
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 15 1/4 in., 90 lb. (21 × 38.7 cm, 40.82kg) frame: 13 3/4 × 20 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (34.9 × 52.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman
Accession Number
49.230
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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