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The Lion Hunt (Rubens)

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Artist
  
Peter Paul Rubens

Created
  
1621

Period
  
Baroque

Genre
  
History painting

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Peter Paul Rubens artwork, Baroque artwork, History paintings

The Lion Hunt is a 1621 painting by Peter Paul Rubens, now held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. It shows two lions attacked by hunters on horseback and on foot. It marks the end of an intensive creative phase for Rubens centred on the theme of hunting.

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The Lion Hunt (Rubens) Wikipedia