Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana?) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in the foreground and a retinue of male and female hunters in the background
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giorgio Ghisi|Luca Penni
Artist bio: Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua|Italian, Florence 1500/1504–1557 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1556
Medium: Engraving; second state of four
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 14 7/16 × 10 1/8 in. (36.7 × 25.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1983
Accession year: 1983
Tags: Spears|Men|Female Nudes|Dogs