# Hunting Scene

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PIERO DI COSIMO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Panel, 70 x 170 cm

## Commentary

Francesco del Pugliese, a wealthy cloth merchant, commissioned from Piero di Cosimo a series of panels representing the early history of humanity. This panel from the series depicts a battle between humans, a great variety of animals, and half-human creatures such as centaurs and satyrs.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/adoration-of-the-child-r913ce62004c8a6>)
- [Allegory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/allegory-r664c5bedf1424f>)
- [Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/battle-of-lapiths-and-centaurs-r44ec1bd6f85da4>)
- [Forest Fire \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/forest-fire-detail-r734b52a78af2cc>)
- [Forest Fire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/forest-fire-r12a43b3d08f080>)
- [Giuliano da Sangallo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/giuliano-da-sangallo-r6b4124810d2407>)
- [Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/holy-family-with-the-young-st-john-the-baptist-r0d873f22465e03>)
- [Immaculate Conception with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/immaculate-conception-with-saints-r4f18991445dc16>)
- [Incarnation of Jesus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/incarnation-of-jesus-detail-rd1fb80725fde69>)
- [Incarnation of Jesus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/incarnation-of-jesus-rde0aaa01d3e11c>)
- [Madonna and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/madonna-and-sleeping-christ-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r41aa55a738f455>)
- [Madonna with Child and the Young St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/madonna-with-child-and-the-young-st-john-redd7910fc00bd2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)