VRANCX, Sebastian
(b. 1573, Antwerpen, d. 1647, Antwerpen)

Landscape with a Deer Hunt

c. 1595
Oil on copper, 23 x 30 cm
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome

In this scene, lit by random flashes from above, huntsmen pursue a fallow deer through a luxuriant glade, cleared of large-leafed trees and carpeted with reeds and low shrubs.