Animal Studies (Dogs)
around 1616 | Jan Brueghel d. Ä.
Executed on oak panel, these lively and spontaneous animal studies (GG 6985 und GG 6988) painted from nature only entered the collection in 1932. Brueghel often relied on such nature studies, carefully depicting not only flowers but also animals to use in his paintings.Brueghel repeatedly included these dog studies in his pictures of Diana, the goddess of the hunt – compositions for which he also made use of his study of a dead boar.
Executed on oak panel, these lively and spontaneous animal studies (GG 6985 und GG 6988) painted from nature only entered the collection in 1932. Brueghel often relied on such nature studies, carefully depicting not only flowers but also animals to use in his paintings.Brueghel repeatedly included these dog studies in his pictures of Diana, the goddess of the hunt – compositions for which he also made use of his study of a dead boar.
Artist:
Jan Brueghel d. Ä. (1568 Brüssel - 1625 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
around 1616
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish; Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 35,8 cm × 57,2 cm × 1 cm
Framed: 44,3 cm × 65,8 cm × 3 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 6985
Provenance
Coll. Karl Fruwirth, Vienna; 1881 Coll. Miethke, Vienna; 1910 Coll. Gustav von Benda, Vienna; 1932 Legate Gustav von Benda