Hounds attacking a wild boar, by Frans Snyders

An image of Hounds attacking a wild boar. Snyders, Frans (Flemish artist, 1579-1657). Pen, brown ink, brown wash, on paper and black chalk, height 178 mm, width 278 mm. Production Note: Central scene in the drawing is repeated in a painting in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Ghent.

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Hounds attacking a wild boar. Snyders, Frans (Flemish artist, 1579-1657). Pen, brown ink, brown wash, on paper and black chalk, height 178 mm, width 278 mm. Production Note: Central scene in the drawing is repeated in a painting in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Ghent.

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Accession Number: PD.720-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 659 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 159.49kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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17th Century animal animals attack attacking boar boar hunt boar hunting chalk dogs drawing Fitz_PDP Flemish Frans Snijders Frans Snyders hounds hunting pigs wild boar

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