Artwork
Plecarea la vânătoare; pandant: Întoarcerea de la vânătoare
Plecarea la vânătoare; pandant: Întoarcerea de la vânătoare is a print by the Baroque artist August Querfurt. It dates from 1734 and is held in the collection of the Brukenthal National Museum.
About this work
Overview
Plecarea la vânătoare; pandant: Întoarcerea de la vânătoare is a 1734 artwork by August Querfurt, depicting a hunting party's departure in a wooded landscape.
Subject & Meaning
The scene captures a moment of transition as a group prepares for or begins a hunt, conveying a sense of activity and impending movement. Figures and animals are poised between stillness and action.
Technique & Style
Querfurt employed chiaroscuro to dynamic effect, carefully rendering the interplay of light and shadow on subjects. The contrast between illuminated and darker areas imbues the composition with vitality and energy.
History & Provenance
Created in 1734, specific details about the work's history, ownership, or exhibition record before its current location are not provided in available sources.
Context
The painting reflects 18th-century European artistic interests in capturing everyday aristocratic pursuits and the natural world, often infused with a sense of realism and emotional depth.
Legacy
While not widely discussed in broad art historical narratives, the work exemplifies period techniques and themes, offering insight into the era's hunting genre paintings.
Artist & collection
Artist
August Querfurt (1696, Wolfenbüttel – 1761, Vienna) was an Austrian painter. He painted primarily soldiers and battle scenes. He was first instructed by his father, Tobias Querfurt, a landscape and animal painter, and…
Horsemen Watering Their Horses
Assault on travellers
Peisaj cu vite la pășune. Pandant: Peisaj cu vite și trei păstori
Vânătoare de mistreț
Manej în aer liber
Cort de vivandieră cu cunună de frunze (în Reg. Inv.: Cort de cantinier cu cunună de frunze). Pandant: Cort de vivandieră cu drapel (în Reg. Inv.: Cort de cantinieri cu drapel).
Peisaj la malul unui râu (în Reg. Inv.: Peisaj la malul mării)
Ausritt zur Jagd
Manej
Landscape with Horsemen Resting outside an Inn