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Duck hunting
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Duck hunting

Maximiliaan van der Gucht · c. 1650 · tapestry; wool; silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Tapestry with a duck hunt. A kneeling hunter, dressed in red, fires a musket at a duck taking flight from a marsh with reeds on the left. On the right, on a rearing chestnut, sits a bearded hunter dressed in blue. Behind him, on the left, stand two men holding a duck. On the right, a female rider on horseback with a falcon on her hand. A lying dog guards a shot duck. The scene is viewed in a forest landscape with a view through the center and high trees on the sides, while the foreground is filled with large-leaved flowering plants, including rose, blackberry, chamomile, iris, some of which repeat. The tapestry is part of the series "English Hunts".

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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tapestry
Credit lineEendenjacht. c. 1650. Maximiliaan van der Gucht. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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