Rijksmuseum

Landscape with Sportsman and Dogs (‘Het jagertje’)

Date

c. 1648

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Something odd is going on here. The village in this Dutch landscape is Diemen; however, Rembrandt sets it at the foot of an imaginary mountain range. A hunter, accompanied by his two hounds, walks along the path, with his back to the mountains. He has a long stick slung over his shoulder with which to poke hares from their burrows. No catch is visible; the hunt has probably yet to begin.

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