Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens

Stag Hunt

Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens  Hertenjacht Stag Hunt
Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens  Hertenjacht Stag Hunt
Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens  Hertenjacht Stag Hunt
Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens  Hertenjacht Stag Hunt

Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens
Stag Hunt

On view in Gallery Prince Willem V

When the English painter and art critic Sir Joshua Reynolds visited the Gallery in 1781, he was suitably impressed. He did have some reservations, however: to him, some paintings were far too large for the small space and moreover did not live up to their reputation. Among others, Reynolds was referring to this hunting scene by Paul de Vos, and it is indeed a little unruly, unsophisticated and large. Nonetheless it is not difficult to understand why the young William V, fond as he was of hunting scenes, purchased this painting in 1771.

Technical details
Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens  Hertenjacht Stag Hunt

Paul de Vos & Jan Wildens
Stag Hunt

On view in Gallery Prince Willem V

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Details

General information
Paul de Vos (Hulst 1595 - 1678 Antwerp) and Jan Wildens (Antwerp 1586 - 1653 Antwerp)
Stag Hunt
painting
259
Gallery Prince Willem V
Material and technical details
oil
canvas
212 x 349 cm

Provenance

Pieter de la Court van der Voort and heirs, Leiden, 1685-1766; Gerret Braamcamp, Amsterdam, until 1771; Prince William V, The Hague, 1771-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822