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Rocky Landscape with Hunters

c. 1635

Gaspard Dughet

(French, 1615–1675)
Culture
France, 17th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 159 x 201 x 12 cm (62 5/8 x 79 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 127 x 175.2 cm (50 x 69 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1970.30
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Description

Dughet spent his whole career in Rome. At the age of fifteen he entered the studio of Nicolas Poussin (1593/94-1665), who married his sister. Dughet concentrated exclusively on landscapes, preferring a rugged type of scenery, widely imitated well into the 18th century.
A horizontally oriented oval oil painting depicts a rocky landscape with large, dark trees on the right, two hunters and several white and brown dogs moving past them. To the left, a waterfall cascades between jagged cliffs. A small building crowns a distant hill before pale mountains under a blue sky with white clouds. One figure wears a blue tunic. The scene uses earthy greens and browns with textured strokes capturing the rugged terrain.

Rocky Landscape with Hunters

c. 1635

Gaspard Dughet

(French, 1615–1675)
France, 17th century

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