Reindeer hunting for King Charles V near Torgau Castle by Lucas Cranach

Reindeer hunting for King Charles V near Torgau Castle by Lucas Cranach

One of the custom-made works of the master, a genre-specific painting depicting the favorite entertainment of his august patrons – the hunt for deer. The strength of these “hunts” is the landscape environment. The outcrop of the forest with lawns, where the gallant horse hunters drive out entire herds of deer, a meandering river, a castle in the distance – this whole real natural world is full of life and movement.

Riding horsemen, pursued by beagle dogs, deer, fearfully throwing themselves into the water, awaiting them on the other side of the noble hunters with crossbows. boats on the river – some pick up dead deer, others – court ladies, admiring such a fascinating spectacle – the whole composition is permeated with movement, the sounds of the rut. barking dogs.

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