The Hunt in the Forest (also known as The Hunt by Night or simply The Hunt) is a painting by the Italian artist Paolo Uccello, made around 1470. It is perhaps the best-known painting in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England. [1]

As a nocturnal landscape and as a brilliantly structured composition, The Hunt is a highly original painting. In its size and shape it is a spalliera painting, to be viewed at shoulder height – whether as a backboard of a decorated chest or set in the panelling of a room.

The Wild Hunt of Odin (Norwegian: Åsgårdsreien, lit. 'The Ride of Asgard') is an 1872 painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. It depicts the Wild Hunt from Scandinavian folklore and is based on a poem by Johan Sebastian Welhaven. The painting is in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.

The Hunters in the Snow (Dutch: Jagers in de Sneeuw), also known as The Return of the Hunters, is a 1565 oil-on-wood painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The Northern Renaissance work is one of a series of works, five of which still survive, that depict different times of the year.

Like its more famous sister painting - the Battle of San Romano (1438-55) - the (also known simply as "The Hunt") illustrates Uccello's mastery of linear perspective, which he used to create a feeling of depth in his paintings.

May 14, 2019 · "Hunt in the Forest" (aka "The Hunt by Night" or "Caccia Notturna" in Italian) was painted c. 1470 CE by Paolo Uccello (1395 - 1475 CE). The painting depicts several mounted and unmounted figures charging into the woods, accompanied by dogs.

Feb 25, 2020 · Of all the paintings in the vast Ashmolean collection, Paolo ‘Uccello’s’ (real name di Dono) ‘The Hunt in the Forest’ has always been a favourite of mine – and certainly one of the museum’s best-known works, and for good reason: painted between 1465-1470, Uccello’s masterpiece wonderfully encapsulates the transition between the ...

Hunting was an aristocratic pastime with its own rituals (and the crescent moon, symbol of Diana, the chaste goddess of the hunt, appears in the horses' trappings) and the idea here of a hunt by night is playful or symbolic rather than realistic.

Dec 16, 2020 · After the Hunt — from trompe l’oeil still life to modern masterpiece. By Brooke Chilvers Although the painting After the Hunt may be America’s most well known hunting image, William Michael Harnett (1848–1892) never felled a stag or even aimed a shotgun at a rabbit.

May 7, 2024 · Explore famous paintings depicting hunting scenes throughout history. From ancient cave art to Renaissance masterpieces, discover the artistry of the hunt.