Trophy of the Hunt
Braun intended his extraordinarily large prints as affordable middle-class alternatives to the painted hunt scenes adorning the country houses of the European upper classes. Here he shows an array of game birds prized for their flavor and the hunting challenge they offer. The 19th-century versions, created by photographers and even some Impressionist painters, evoke a leisurely rural pastime that was becoming rare in an increasingly urban, industrialized France.
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- carbon print
- Dimensions
- image: height 0.78 m, width 0.598 m; framed: height 0.997 m, width 0.794 m
- Origin
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Still Life Both · 99%
The photograph presents a deliberately arranged, motionless display of game birds and hunting equipment; the title and museum description identify it as a hunt trophy scene.
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Animals Both · 99%
Several dead game birds dominate the composition, and the museum describes the work as an array of game birds.
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Group of Objects Visual · 97%
Numerous distinct objects—including birds, firearms, branches, a horn-like object, straps, a hunting bag, and textiles—are assembled into one dense display.
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Rural Life Both · 84%
The arranged hunting trophy evokes the leisurely rural pastime explicitly discussed in the museum’s description.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The image is rendered in a monochrome range of black, gray, and pale tones.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 93%
The image gives sustained descriptive attention to feather patterns, plumage, gun fittings, branches, wood grain, woven fabric, and fringe.
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Dense Composition Visual · 97%
Birds, firearms, foliage, straps, and textiles overlap within a tightly packed central arrangement that occupies most of the frame.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 100%
The museum classifies the work as a Photograph and Photography and identifies its medium as carbon print.
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Large-Scale Photography Metadata · 91%
The image measures approximately 0.78 by 0.598 meters, and the museum specifically describes Braun’s prints as extraordinarily large.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The photograph is dated circa 1867, within a recorded date range of 1862–1872.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The artist is identified as French and the place of origin is listed as France, nineteenth century.
Source & rights
Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877). Trophy of the Hunt. Cleveland Museum of Art.