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Summary
Johan Baptist Govaerts: Still Life with Dead Game
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Still Life with Dead Game |
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painting  |
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| Genre |
still life |
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| Description |
English: Hunting was a major pastime of the nobility, and paintings of the hunt were popular. By the late 1600s, scenes that captured the excitement of the chase or kill gave way to representations of the hunter's trophies, guarded by his dog, presumably while a meal was being served in the field. Hunting wild boar was restricted to the nobility, as was hunting with a falcon, here hooded, as it would have been when out of its cage before being released to go after a heron or other prey.
The tactile appeal of the rabbit's fur or the pheasant's feathers is enhanced by the refined brushwork, rendering minute details and subtle contrasts of texture. |
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| Date | between 1720 and 1729 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 36.3 cm (14.2 in); width: 45.5 cm (17.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.1900 |
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| Place of creation | Antwerp, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 38662 |
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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Licensing
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| current | 22:59, 21 March 2012 | | 1,800 × 1,467 (2.98 MB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Jan Baptiste Govaerts (Flemish, active ca.1713-1746) |title = ''Still Life with Dead Game'' |description = {{en|Hunting was a major pastime of the nobility, and pai... |
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