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Painting of hounds attacking a stag with large antlers in a forest clearing under a cloudy sky.

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Cerf aux abois atteint par la meute, dit aussi Hallali de cerf, Alexandre François Desportes (1742), Musée du Louvre (Department of Paintings). Via artnap.com

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A pack of hounds surrounds and attacks a large stag with impressive antlers in a wooded clearing, with several dogs leaping and biting at the animal. The painting by Alexandre-François Desportes, dated 1742 and held by the Musée du Louvre, shows a broad, cloudy landscape opening to the right beyond the trees.

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