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Hunting horn
Johannes Mattheus van Kempen (mentioned on object), 1849
In 1849 King William II presented this horn as a prize for the fastest hunter at Het Loo Palace. Its shape is derived from an ox horn, and is embellished with both predators and prey. Concealed in the asymmetrical Rococo scrolls are a red deer beset by a hound, a fox cornered by a pair of lions, and a hooded falcon waits to hunt its prey.
- Artwork typecase, wind instrument, musical instrument, hunting horn
- Object numberBK-2016-11
- Dimensionslength 49.3 cm x weight 972 g, diameter 4 cm, diameter 16.7 cm
- Physical characteristicszilver