Deer Being Hunted by Hounds

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

195 x 307 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal VI

Department

Flemish Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

203

Acquisition

1806 aus der Galerie Düsseldorf

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jan Fyt, Rehe von Hunden verfolgt, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/02LAkKA4yk (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

This painting, one of a series of four (inv. nos. 199, 203, 255, 259), was once owned by Clemens August, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne. In 1767, the cycle was purchased by the community of Solingen and was later presented to Elector Charles Theodore. Such depictions were very popular as hunting belonged to the privileges of the nobility. Fyt met the brisk demand by adopting a rational work method: the motif of a hound biting into the neck of its victim, that appears twice, points to the use of master copies.