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Hunters Near Ruins

1648

Jan Baptist Weenix

(Dutch, 1621–1660)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 123.5 x 154 x 11.5 cm (48 5/8 x 60 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 98.8 x 129.2 cm (38 7/8 x 50 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.294
Public Domain
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Description

Weenix lived in Rome for five years and painted Italianate landscapes, rather than local, Dutch subjects. The bright light, classical architecture, and exotic-looking garb of the figures all speak to this interest in foreign landscape.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts hunters and livestock near stone ruins. On our right, two columns support a carved beam. In the foreground, a man with light skin tone sits holding a bird. To our left, another man with light skin tone wearing a feathered hat sits on a white horse. Dogs, sheep, and a woman milking a cow gather under a hazy sky with a distant obelisk and water.

Hunters Near Ruins

1648

Jan Baptist Weenix

(Dutch, 1621–1660)
Netherlands

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