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PIERO DI COSIMO (PIERO DI LORENZO DI PIERO D'ANTONIO). A Hunting Scene

A Hunting Scene. Artist: Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) (Italian, Florence 1462-1522 Florence). Dimensions: 27 3/4 x 66 3/4 in. (70.5 x 169.5 cm). Date: ca. 1494-1500.
This is one of the most singular works of the Renaissance. It's inspiration was the fifth book of <i>On the Nature of Things</i> by the Epicurean poet and philosopher Lucretius (ca. 99-55 B.C.). A manuscript of Lucretius's work was discovered in 1417 and published in Florence in 1471-73. Lucretius believed that the workings of the world and the evolution of humans can be accounted for by natural rather than divine causes, and he put forward a vision of the history of primitive man and the advent of civilization much discussed in Florentine intellectual circles. For more information visit metmuseum.org.

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PIERO DI COSIMO (PIERO DI LORENZO DI PIERO D'ANTONIO) (1462-1522)

Title:

A Hunting Scene

Caption:

A Hunting Scene. Artist: Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) (Italian, Florence 1462-1522 Florence). Dimensions: 27 3/4 x 66 3/4 in. (70.5 x 169.5 cm). Date: ca. 1494-1500. This is one of the most singular works of the Renaissance. It's inspiration was the fifth book of On the Nature of Things by the Epicurean poet and philosopher Lucretius (ca. 99-55 B.C.). A manuscript of Lucretius's work was discovered in 1417 and published in Florence in 1471-73. Lucretius believed that the workings of the world and the evolution of humans can be accounted for by natural rather than divine causes, and he put forward a vision of the history of primitive man and the advent of civilization much discussed in Florentine intellectual circles. For more information visit metmuseum.org.

Technique/material:

Tempera and oil transferred to Masonite

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

4573 x 1924 px | 25.2 MB

Print size:

38.7 x 16.3 cm | 15.2 x 6.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • ITALY • MASONITE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PIERO DI COSIMO (PIERO DI LORENZO DI PIERO D'ANTONIO) • TEMPERA AND OIL TRANSFERRED TO MASONITE • TEMPERA • TEMPERA, EGG-TEMPERA • TEMPLE