Niche with Falconry Gear 1660
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
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