Why it matters
After a hunt, a dead roe deer hangs from a tree while two dogs approach and a young huntsman blows his horn. Courbet, an avid hunter, painted himself leaning against a tree, smoking a pipe.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1857.
- It was his first hunting scene, set in the Jura mountains.
- He built it up from several pieces of canvas.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Quarry (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
