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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This is a scene composed for a keen hunter. The hunter places a number of hunting trophies, centred round a hunting rifle, in an outdoors environment close to a lake. The pre-eminence of the gun suggests that the artist was actually painting a portrait' of it for a proud owner. Two dead ducks, arranged around this weapon, signify a successful day's shooting. The gun owner's powder horn is also shown. The gun has a percussion cap, which dates the picture to post 1840s, as it was not in use before that time. Although it has not been possible to identify the artist responsible for this painting, from the subject we can see that he or she was drawing on a long tradition of game pieces and still life painting usually associated with the Dutch masters. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ruygens (Dutch(?) artist, active 19th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8391... | Go to resource |
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