03 — ARTWORK
Bear Hunt
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 184 x 129 cm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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This painting belongs to a series of nine entitled The Exotic Hunts of Louis XV, all in the Amiens museum. It was the first court commission of Van Loo.
The other paintings of the series: Lion Hunt (by Jean-François de Troy), Leopard Hunt (by François Boucher), Tiger Hunt (by Nicolas Lancret), Elephant Hunt (by Charles Parrocel), Chinese Hunt (by Jean-Baptist Pater), Buffalo Hunt by Charles Parrocel), Ostrich Hunt (by Carle van Loo) and Crocodile Hunt (by François Boucher). <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 9 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/18_cent/vivaldi_rv362_hunt.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B flat major RV 362 op. 8 No. 10 (Hunt)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-r2839f3fdf0737a,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Bear Hunt by LOO, Carle van},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-12},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/loo-carle-van-r920d5289d51da0/bear-hunt-r2839f3fdf0737a},
urldate = {2026-09-12},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-12. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
