Stag hunting was a noble amusement and one of the favourite hobbies of the Lords at the time; this sort of scene was often used in 18th century tapestry. This hunting scene was created by the famous French animal painter, Jean Baptise Oudry. In a landscape surrounded by woods, horsemen prepare the pack of stage hounds under the blow of the horns. This tapestry represents a hunting hold in the Forest of Campiègne, in the North of Paris.
