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The Hunter’s Present
A hunter offers a dead bird to a young woman virtuously occupied with her sewing. Is he trying to seduce her? During the 17th century ‘vogelen’ (literally ‘to bird’) was slang for sexual intercourse. The statuette of Cupid, the god of love, on the cupboard also alludes to this. These kind of ‘hunter’s scenes’ – especially due to their possible double meaning – were a popular subject in painting.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/43C1149
- http://iconclass.org/43C1132
- http://iconclass.org/41A2
- http://iconclass.org/41D44
- http://iconclass.org/41A732
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/43C1149
- http://iconclass.org/43C1132
- http://iconclass.org/41A2
- http://iconclass.org/41D44
- http://iconclass.org/41A732
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1658 - c.1661
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9086
- SK-C-177
Extent
- height 51 cm
- width 48 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:18:08.369Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:22.913Z