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
Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.8 x 25 cm) trimmed to platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession year: 1924
Tags: Spears|Men|Women|Hunting|Dogs|Arrows|Swords