A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt

1630·Oil on wood·24 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (61.5 x 90.2 cm)

Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Michel David-Weill, The Dillon Fund, Henry J. and Drue Heinz Foundation, Lola Kramarsky, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, The Vincent Astor Foundation, and Peter J. Sharp Gifts; special funds, gifts, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1990

Catalogue

Year: 1630
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (61.5 x 90.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Artist

Peter Paul Rubens

Painting

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp.

Siegen, Westphalia

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