Hunter Gallery

Henri Rousseau Unpleasant Surprise Mauvaise surprise

Henri Rousseau: Unpleasant Surprise (Mauvaise surprise), Henri Rousseau, 1901, Oil on canvas, Self-taught painter Henri Rousseau returned frequently to the theme of conflict in the natural world. His large-scale jungle paintings are rife with violent struggles between wild animals--lions, tigers, horses--set in plush, exotic landscapes. Here, a hunter rescues a nude bather from a sharp-clawed bear that seems to emerge from the rocks below. The curvy figure stands in a gesture of calm surrender, revealing dirty palms, while the man fires his gun at the beast. Rousseau's painting reads at first like a classic damsel in distress scene in the vein of Ingres's Roger Freeing Angelica. And yet the closer one looks, the stranger the picture becomes, and the harder the narrative is to decipher. Why does the woman not seem particularly frightened? Why is the hunter rendered on such a small scale? Perhaps Rousseau intended this as a fantasy of primordial innocence in conflict with modern technology., Overall: 76 5/8 x 51 1/8 in. (194.6 x 129.9 cm)

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View Ankara background walled city Angora center plan

View of Ankara, In the background the walled city of Ankara (Angora), in the center plan a landscape with on the left men on horseback, accompanied by (hunting) dogs and on the right a hunter, a horse caravan and a camel caravan that cross a bridge. The various stages of wool production are shown in the foreground. On the far right the angora goats are shaved. Next we see from right to left the weaving of the wool by a drapenier, the washing and cooking of the wool, the weighing of the wool, the re-weighing (possibly the inspection of the wool), the spinning and the sale of the wool and a busy marketplace, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city, wool (material, textile industry), Ankara, anonymous, Turkije, 1700 - 1799, canvas, oil paint (paint), h 117 cm × w 198 cm d 6.5 cm

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Diana patroness hunting Venatio title object

Diana as patroness of the hunting Venatio (title on object) Der Vrouwen list and valsch company can win Coningen, gelyck Apaem and Nini bitch, and sulcke Jagerinnen (title on object) Van Zorobabel sijn Raetsel (series title) Main activities of a prince (series title) Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), Diana as patroness of the hunt. It is surrounded by hunting weapons (including rifle, crossbow, hunting dogs and hunting birds). In the background on the left a pig is hunted by hunters on horseback. In the background on the right fishing in a river. According to the attached caption it is a warning against women's lists. This print is part of an album, specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Diana, Diana as patroness, hunting, chase (requirements, necessaries (sports, animals)), hunter, boar-hunting, sports, games, animals (hunting with birds), hunting dogs, anonymous, Alkmaar, 1597 - 1646, paper, engraving, h 215 mm × w 282 mm

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