Stag Hunt, Roelandt Savery (1610)
In this painting, the artist captured the dramatic moment of the stag hunt, when the animal is being driven by dogs and beaters towards the viewer. The spectator thus participates in this popular amusement, reserved for noblemen. It was precisely the courtiers and the Emperor himself, who probably commissioned Savery’s paintings of hunting themes, painted mostly during his stay in Prague.
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