
The Hunt in the Forest
1470 · Ashmolean, Oxford, England
Red-clad hunters and dogs funnel into a black wood toward a single vanishing point. One of the earliest night scenes on an Italian panel.
★ 7.2

Red-clad hunters and dogs funnel into a black wood toward a single vanishing point. One of the earliest night scenes on an Italian panel.

The princess has the dragon on a leash made from her own belt, and a spiral storm cloud winds up behind the saint.

Memling put his sitters in front of open countryside instead of a dark ground, an idea that traveled to Italy and came back changed.