Crossbow and Dead Game
Artist
Jan Fyt
(Flemish, 1611–1661)
Date1600s
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 82.6 x 77.5 cm (32 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest from an estate
Terms
Object number2003.52
Label TextA specialist in the painting of game, Jan Fyt was the leading pupil of the great animal painter Frans Snyders. In his day, Fyt's pictures of dead game were considered trophies of the hunt and were produced in great number. Fyt popularized the practice of incorporating this type of still life into a landscape.ProvenanceBaron Davies Neumann, Paris, by 1944; seized by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, held at the Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1944-1946; repatriated to France, October 30, 1946; restituted December 6, 1946; by descent to Erna C. Neuman de Vegvar, Scarsdale, New York, by 1986; lent to the Museum, 1986; bequeathed to the Museum, 2003.On View
On viewCurrent Location
- Exhibition Location Gallery 204
