Poachers in the Snow, 1867 (oil on canvas)

Poachers in the Snow (Chasseurs dans la neige), by Gustave Courbet, 1867, 19th Century, oil on canvas, 102 x 122 cm Whole artwork view. Two poachers, featured as two cutouts, walk along a bare wintry landscape, with their dogs; they wear hats and warm dressing, and have their guns on their shoulders; the man on the right brandishes a cane in order to threaten the dog, who curls up full of fear; on the snow, can be seen only the tracks and the shadows of the human and animal characters Gustave Courbet National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM