The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens, 1616, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

‘The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt’ is a work by Peter Paul Rubens (Flanders/Belgium, 1577–1640). It is dated 1616. It is part of the collection Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It was commissioned by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 248 × 321 cm. The work belongs to the genres genre art and animal art. The things depicted include hunting, Hippopotamidae, Crocodile, and horse.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Peter Paul Rubens.

• The Baroque