The painting depicts an outdoor equestrian scene featuring riders on horseback. Closest to us is a low fence of thin wooden logs. Three riders on horseback are jumping over the fence, as are a line of dogs. One of the riders is blowing a horn, and another seems to have fallen off his horse and is sitting on the ground near the bottom right corner. Beyond the fence is a yellow field, and at the edge of the field are two red buildings that more dogs and riders are heading towards. Surrounding the buildings are green trees, and in the background on the right are distant hills painted in grays…
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The End of the Hunt

American 19th Century

c. 1800

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 87.6 x 136.8 cm (34 1/2 x 53 7/8 in.) ; framed: 114 x 162.2 x 3.9 cm (44 7/8 x 63 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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