{"product_id":"wolf-and-fox-hunt-peter-paul-rubens","title":"Wolf and Fox Hunt - Peter Paul Rubens","description":"Painted around 1616,  Wolf and Fox Hunt  by Peter Paul Rubens and his workshop was the first in a new kind of painting the artist essentially invented: the monumental hunting scene on canvas. With characteristic business instinct, Rubens realized that a large painted hunt could replace the far more expensive medium of woven tapestry in the homes of Europe's elite — and this canvas launched a series of such works that would occupy him for the next five years.  The composition erupts with movement: mounted huntsmen, straining dogs, and a tangle of wolves and foxes locked in violent combat, rendered with the theatrical energy that defines Rubens's Baroque style. He worked with a team of studio assistants on the figures and landscape, but insisted on painting the wolves entirely himself — a detail he was proud enough of to record. The canvas was so large in its original form that a later owner had it trimmed simply to fit the walls of his home, reportedly remarking that \"none but great Pri","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"16″ x 12″ (Horizontal) \/ 1.5\"","offer_id":60048351953230,"sku":"19305338370470944768","price":39.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20\" x 16\" (Horizontal) \/ 1.5\"","offer_id":60048351985998,"sku":"14095890039836439504","price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"36″ x 24″ (Horizontal) \/ 1.5\"","offer_id":60048352018766,"sku":"32257455570935165539","price":89.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/gallerivm.com\/products\/wolf-and-fox-hunt-peter-paul-rubens","provider":"Gallerivm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}