A Hunting Party at Marly
1700
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1700
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A Hunting Party at Marly is a 1700 by Le Vieux Jean Baptiste Martin, a Baroque work, depicting hunting, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Men on foot and horseback prepare for a hunt in a forest. They are accompanied by musicians with French horns and a pack of excited dogs. The scene is lively, with people and animals moving around. The drawing shows a royal hunt at Marly, a lodge near Paris. This was a common activity for King Louis XIV. To learn more about this style, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
