A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt

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Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
Date: ca. 1635
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (61.5 x 90.2 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Michel David-Weill, The Dillon Fund, Henry J. and Drue Heinz Foundation, Lola Kramarsky, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, The Vincent Astor Foundation, and Peter J. Sharp Gifts; special funds, gifts, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1990
Accession no.: 1990.196

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.