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Head of a Hound
Pieter BoelBefore 1674
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"Pieter Boel was a Flemish artist with a special interest in hunting scenes and game pieces. He moved to Paris after 1668, where he designed many pieces for the Gobelins tapestry factory - the Louvre contains dozens of his vivid animal sketches.
This hound has always startled with its realism and textural brilliance. Its recent conservation - a simple clean, and a little structural consolidation - makes him seem ready to leap from the canvas."
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Details
- Title: Head of a Hound
- Creator Lifespan: 1622 - 1674
- Date: Before 1674
- Physical Dimensions: w352 x h278 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: The attribution was suggested by E Meijer. DPG594 in fact appears to be a study used by Boel for his 'Boar Hunt' at the Schloss in Mosigkau (photo Witt Library).Previously attributed to Velazquez.
- Work Nationality: Flemish
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: Bequest of Lady Colin Campbell in memory of her father Edmond Maghlin Blood, 1912.
- Further Information: " This study of the Head of a Hound (probably a study used by Boel for his Boar Hunt at the Schloss in Mosigkau) has always startled with its realism and textural brilliance. Pieter Boel was renowned for his naturalistic portrayals of animals. Whereas other artists used dead animals as their models, Boel painted from life, using the wildlife found in the Versailles Menagerie as his subjects. This endowed his depictions of animals with a virtuosity and lively nature rarely found in other works of the time. "
- Artist: Boel, Pieter
- Acquisition Method: Campbell, Lady Colin (Bequest, in memory of her father Edmond Maghlin Blood, 1912)
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