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Description: | In this painting, the unknown sitter is portrayed as a huntsman with his hound. Trees and a landscape form the background. The vaguely classicising costume and the outdoor setting reflect the influence of humanist thought on seventeenth-century Dutch portraiture. According to the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century regulations on hunting, the pursuit of most game was limited to the nobility and officers of the State. The use of a greyhound was permitted only once a week and the number of dogs was also subject to restrictions. | Subjects: | portrait; landscape; animal (dog) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Flemish School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8938... | Go to resource |
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