Artist
Simon II de Pape
Simon II de Pape is a Flemish Baroque painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Ashmolean Museum.
Simon de Pape painted grand, muscular scenes from ancient myths. In "The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar," he shows hunters and hounds locked in struggle with a monstrous boar—all in stiff, dramatic poses. His style belongs to the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age, when artists loved telling epic stories in vivid detail. See how the spears and fur catch the light. Next, tap the boar itself to zoom in on the drama.
Works by Simon II de Pape
Collections represented
Museum
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities…