The Hunt in the Forest

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The Hunt in the Forest is a late Gothic–early Renaissance painting by Paolo Uccello, celebrated for its dramatic nocturnal hunting scene and pioneering use of linear perspective.

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Label Occurrences
The Hunt in the Forest canonical 3
Caccia nella foresta 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
tempera painting ⓘ
artist Paolo Uccello ⓘ
artStyle International Gothic ⓘ
Italian Renaissance ⓘ
collection Ashmolean Museum, Oxford ⓘ
linked to: Ashmolean Museum
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Paolo Uccello ⓘ
dateOfCreation circa 1470 ⓘ
depicts deer ⓘ
dense forest ⓘ
hunters on horseback ⓘ
hunting dogs ⓘ
nocturnal hunting scene ⓘ
describedAs celebrated example of Uccello’s interest in perspective ⓘ
one of the earliest night landscapes in European art ⓘ
genre hunting scene ⓘ
hasColorPalette blacks ⓘ
dark greens ⓘ
deep reds ⓘ
golden highlights ⓘ
hasTheme aristocratic leisure ⓘ
courtly hunting ⓘ
man versus nature ⓘ
inception c. 1470 ⓘ
influencedBy Gothic visual traditions ⓘ
early Renaissance perspective theory ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn Oxford ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
location Ashmolean Museum ⓘ
materialUsed tempera ⓘ
wood panel ⓘ
movement Early Renaissance ⓘ
Late Gothic ⓘ
notableFor complex spatial construction ⓘ
dramatic use of darkness and light ⓘ
pioneering use of linear perspective ⓘ
originalTitle Caccia nella foresta ⓘ
partOf Ashmolean Museum European paintings collection ⓘ
linked to: Ashmolean Museum
period 15th century ⓘ
support panel ⓘ
usesTechnique foreshortening ⓘ
linear perspective ⓘ
receding orthogonals ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paolo Uccello → notableWork → The Hunt in the Forest ⓘ
The Hunt in the Forest → originalTitle → Caccia nella foresta ⓘ
linked to: The Hunt in the Forest
Paolo di Doni → notableWork → The Hunt in the Forest ⓘ
Paolo di Dono → notableWork → The Hunt in the Forest ⓘ