The Caledonian Boar Hunt

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Peter Paul Rubens (circle of)

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Hunting of the Calydonian Boar has been part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent since 1899. It was one of the first works to be donated to the City of Ghent by the Friends of the Museum, a society founded in 1897. It is an early copy of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. When…
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Hunting of the Calydonian Boar has been part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent since 1899. It was one of the first works to be donated to the City of Ghent by the Friends of the Museum, a society founded in 1897. It is an early copy of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. When Oeneus, the king of Calydon, forgot to honour the goddess Artemis during a great thanksgiving feast for the god Dionysus, the goddess sent a giant boar to the region. It destroyed the vineyards and cornfields, killed livestock and forced the local inhabitants to flee. A hunt was organized, and the hero Meleager killed the monstrous beast with a spear.
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Features
Artist / maker Peter Paul Rubens VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Category paintings (visual works) AAT
Materials oil paint , panel
Dimensions 28 x 52.5 cm
Location Work on display
Object number 1899-F
Description
Subjects history paintings , landscapes
Tags Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, the Greek heroic legends (I) Iconclass, (story of) Meleager Iconclass, most important deeds of Meleager Iconclass, the Calydonian hunt Iconclass, the wild boar is killed, usually by Meleager Iconclass, hunting, chase Iconclass, bird hunting Iconclass, dog Iconclass, hunting dogs Iconclass, shrubs Iconclass, bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass, plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass, horse Iconclass, horse in motion Iconclass, riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass, the kill (~ hunting) Iconclass, boar-hunting Iconclass, animals (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.) Iconclass, animals (+ fighting animals; aggressive relations) Iconclass, animals (+ animal(s) killing) Iconclass, fight between animals, e.g. a lion and a bear Iconclass, plants (in general) Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, clothes, costume Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, swamps and polders Iconclass, animals Iconclass, mammals Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1899-F
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/306/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1899-F
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