Niche with Falconry Gear 1660

by Christoffel Pierson

Born and trained in The Hague, Christoffel Pierson was one of the first artists to specialize in illusory images of hunting gear. Hunting was a popular activity for Dutch nobility throughout the seventeenth century. The Hague, where the Princes of Orange had their courtly residence and where the States General convened, became the center of a growing culture of hunting tha...

Size:: 80.5 x 64.5 cm (31 11/16 x 25 3/8 in.)
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington
More:: http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.124519.html

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