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| Title | Hunting Party | |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle | |
| Artist | Attributed to Arthois, Jacques d` (Flemish painter, 1613-1686) Previously attributed to Teniers, David, II (Flemish painter, 1610-1690) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1640 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1686 | |
| Description | With its traditional Flemish brown-green-blue tonal scheme, and a composition articulated by a diagonal line, marked by the river on the right and the cluster of trees on the left, this landscape belongs to the type which was popularised by Jacques d'Arthois in the middle decades of the seventeenth century. The elegant huntsmen in conversation in the foreground differ from the usual figures in d'Arthois's works. The shepherd and the woman carrying a basket on her head on the other side of the river are closer to the popular figures which were often added to his landscapes by other painters, such as David Teniers. | |
| Current Accession Number | B.M.120 | |
| Subject | landscape; animal (horse, dog); everyday life (hunting); figure | |
| Measurements | 122.2 x 205.8 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. | |
| Provenance | Purchased by John and Joséphine Bowes from Benjamin Gogué, Paris, 1863, for 650 francs. | |
| Notes | The figures were painted by a different hand. They have been attributed to David Teniers II, although this attribution was rejected by Margret Klinge (correspondence, 1981). | |
| Rights Owner | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham | |
| Author | Dr Mercedes Cerón; Dr Howard Coutts | |