Self-Portrait as a Hunter, Arie de Vois, 1660, Mauritshuis MuseumA hunter and his dog are sitting at
Self-Portrait as a Hunter, Arie de Vois, 1660, Mauritshuis MuseumA hunter and his dog are sitting at the foot of a tree. The man is nonchalantly holding a dead partridge and a hunting rifle. Though it may appear an innocent scene, for Dutch seventeenth-century viewers it had erotic connotations. The words ‘jagen’ (to hunt) and ‘vogelen’ (to catch birds) also referred to courting and making love. The hunter – in imaginary clothing – is a self-portrait of the Leiden ‘fijnschilder’, or fine painter, Arie de Vois. His paintings are distinguished from the work of the other Leiden fijnschilders by their velvety appearance.https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_204.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp -- source link
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