Head of a Hound Frame:natural 'An Art Student and his

'An Art Student and his Teachers in the Sixties'

By the time that the market for his works peaked

This is a sketch for an altarpiece by Conca

Poussin sets the scene on top of Mount Ida

The return of Pieter van Laer

Head of a Hound Frame:natural 'An Art Student and hisPieter Boel was a Flemish artist with a special interest in hunting scenes and game pieces. He moved to Paris after 1668, where he designed many pieces for the Gobelins tapestry factory the Louvre contains dozens of his vivid animal sketches. This study of the head of a hound (probably a study used by Boel for his 'Boar Hunt' at the Schloss in Mosigkau) has always startled with its realism and textural brilliance. Its recent conservation a simple