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Hunters With Dogs Shooting Arrows at a Bull
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In a landscape, hunters shoot arrows and spears at a bull. Four dogs bark at the bull and bite its legs. Three arrows stick in its back. Allegory of the pain felt at the first sins, but how the mind remains silent as more wrongful deeds follow one another.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineJagers met honden schieten pijlen op een stier. 1714. Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
