The hounds are given their quarry after a stag hunt in a court yard with a mounted horseman blowing the horn. Engraving by J. Couché after P. Wouwerman.

  • Wouwerman, Philips, 1619?-1668.
Date:
[1808?]
Reference:
41678i
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Galerie du Palais Royal.
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Giving the hounds their quarry involves placing parts of the deer on a hide for them to eat

Publication/Creation

Paris : Chardon ainé, [1808?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 16.2 x 20.7 cm

Lettering

La curée. Peint par Philippes Wouwermens. Gravé par J. Couchée.

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome V, Paris 1946, p. 281, no. 77 ("“La curée”. Sous le tr. c. : “Peint par Philippes Wouvermens. — Gravé par J. Couché”. H. 0 m 163 x L. 0 m 206.")

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Wellcome Collection 41678i

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