A Hunting Party
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache; over graphite and/or black chalk; on light brown (prepared?) paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10 11/16 in. (20.3 × 27.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
Accession Number
2013.149
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *A Hunting Party*, a 16th-century drawing (ca. 1555–65) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection. Attributed variously to Jan van der Straet ( Stradanus), Antonioesta, or an anonymous Italian artist of the period, this sheet captures the lively energy of Renaissance equestrian life. Stradanus, a Flemish master working in Medici Florence, was renowned for his vivid hunting scenes, often translated into prints that popularized such motifs across Europe. Executed in pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with gouache over graphite or black chalk on prepa...