STOOP, Dirck Willemsz.
(b. ca. 1618, Utrecht, d. 1686, Utrecht)

Landscape with Huntsmen

1651
Oil on panel, 37 x 47 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts a landscape with huntsmen preparing for the hunt, together with their hounds and horses, a stone bridge with figures nearby, with a fortified house in the background.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 9 minutes):
Joseph Haydn: The Seasons, Part 3 Autumn, aria and chorus (Hunters' chorus)