"Fox Hunt" Oil on Canvas

Erwin Waldow - Fox in the Snow 60 x 80 cm - canvas without frame 70 x 90 cm - frame included Oil painting on canvas, signed lower right. 1920s era.

Impressive well painted 19th century Russian oil on canvas of hunt scene or chase featuring troika pulled by 6 horses in full stride. Man armed w...

Hunt Slonem's most iconic subject "Butterflies" titled 'Red Ascension" Oil on canvas. A simple subject brought to life with his genuine love of nature and animals. This magnifice...

This Russian 19th Century oil on canvas transports us to a quaint snowy village in Russia. The scene unfolds outside a charming cottage, where a family has gathered after a successfu...

Small Oil on Board Painting Depicting Fox Hunt with Hounds by W.J. Hays. America, 1850-1870. Measures: 8.5" H, 10.5" W, 1" D

This large (110 inches high) oil on canvas painting depicts a successful hunter, with his felled game displayed near his retriever dogs. Our hunter is leaning against a stone pedestal, clad in blue coat and pants with his rifle beneath his right hand. The man is wearing a gold cap with red fabric attached to it and has a sword on his left hip. Three retriever dogs stand to the hunter’s left, while a fourth sits in front of him (the man appears to be motioning to this dog with his left hand). An orange terra cotta vase adorned with spiral fluting sits on top of a molded plinth at the top of the pedestal. Ivy has begun to wrap around the vase, which also is festooned with green drapery. On a ledge at the base of the pedestal is the felled game: a rabbit and three birds. The hunting display is surrounded by numerous trees and shrubbery. Mountains and a lake can be seen in the background, beneath a blue sky with pink and orange clouds and birds flying. Based on the size and vertical orientation, the scene was most likely part of a French boiserie room...