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| Artist | After Rubens, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) |
| Title | The Calydonian Hunt |
| Alternative/previous titles | Atalanta and Meleager in Pursuit of the Calydonian Boar |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1650 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1750 |
| Material | oil on panel (hardwood) |
| Measurements | 78 x 105 cm (estimate) |
| Description | Based on Rubens’s celebrated version of the same scene, this painting represents a climactic moment in the bloody tale related by Apollodorus and Pausanius in which the hero, Meleager, falls for the beautiful but androgynous maiden Atalanta, famed for excelling in such manly pursuits as wrestling, running and hunting. Here Meleagar kills a vicious boar that has first been injured by Atalanta. |
| Subject | mythology (Calydonian Hunt) |
| Collection | Ipswich Museum |
| Current accession number | R.1992-8.22 |
| Acquisition details | Given by Captain R. E. De Mussenden Leathes 2002. |
| Provenance | By descent to Captain R. E. De Mussenden Leathes. |
| Notes |
The painting is one of a number of important works at Ipswich by Dutch and Flemish artists acquired by William Leathes (1674-1727), Paymaster General to the British Army, Master of Ordnance, and from 1715 to 1724, George II’s Ambassador in Brussels. |
| Rights status | Colchester and Ipswich Museums |
| Author | Richard Johns |
