Hunters Resting
Martin Johnson Heade
(American, 1819–1904)
1863
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions30.48 x 61.28 cm (12 x 24 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1139
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The marsh was great birding country, filled with geese, ducks, and other game fowl. Heade, a lifelong hunter, turned briefly to the subject in the early 1860s. In this painting, set against the expanse of the autumn marsh near Newbury, Massachusetts, he depicted two hunters with their dogs, taking a break from their sport.
InscriptionsLower left: M J Heade-63ProvenanceThe artist; auction, Brooklyn, New York; with Victor Spark, New York, 1944; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1944; to MFA, 1947, gift of Maxim Karolik.
