After the HuntGustave Courbet · 1859

  • Painting mediumOil On Canvas
  • Medium typeWallArt
  • Creation date1859
  • Art periodEarly Medieval
  • Dimensions236.0 x 186.0 cm
  • MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art

Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877)

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In style, scale, and composition, this work strongly resembles Courbet’s first hunting scene, The Quarry, a great success at the Salon of 1857 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). The present canvas is distinguished by the inclusion of a liveried servant and an assortment of dead game: a wild boar, a partridge, a deer, and a hare, all presented in a manner recalling seventeenth-century Flemish painting. An avid sportsman, Courbet ultimately devoted some eighty pictures to the subject of the hunt.

About this artwork

  • Title: After the Hunt
  • Artist: Gustave Courbet
  • Year: 1859
  • Original dimensions: 236.0 x 186.0 cm
  • Format: Portrait
  • Copyright status: Public domain
  • Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Color palette: Earthy
  • Purpose: Accent
  • Keywords: leisure, composition, flemish style

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"After the Hunt" by Gustave Courbet was created in 1859.

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"After the Hunt" was created by Gustave Courbet. The information on this page describes Gustave Courbet's original work.

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Gustave Courbet was 40 years old when creating "After the Hunt" in 1859. The age is computed from the artist's birth year, 1819.

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