The artist used a hunting scene by Rubens as the basis for this painting.
The artist used a hunting scene by Rubens as the basis for this painting. Two of the figures we see in the center, appear to be adolescents, one of whom wears a red scarf and turns to look at the title characters. Based on an incident in Havana recounted by one of the title figures to the painter, its only major modification is that of the standing black man in the center with his right arm held out. To his right is a young man about to stab down with a boat hook. FTP, name this 1778 depiction of a rescue attempt in the harbor, a famous painting by John Singleton Copley.
The artist used a hunting scene by Rubens as the basis for this painting.
{Watson and the Shark}