Deer Collection (page 16)

Scythian gold stag, probably the centre of a shield, found at Zoldhalompuszta in Hungary

A Butcher Shop, 1630s. Artist: Frans Snyders
A Butcher Shop, 1630s. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Still life with a Swan, 1640s. Artist: Frans Snyders
Still life with a Swan, 1640s. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caucasian dragon rug with stags, 17th century
Caucasian dragon rug. Note also the small animals, possibly stags, which fill the field. From the Metropolitan Museum of Arts collection in New York, 17th century

Window detail from Notre Dame of St Eustace, 14th century
Window detail from Notre Dame of St Eustace and his vision of the stag bearing a cross, 14th century

Detail of Scythian pile carpet, 5th century BC
Detail of Scythian pile carpet from Scythian tomb at Pazyryk, Altai, Russia, 5th century BC

Detail of Scythian pendant shaped like two deer, 5th century BC
Detail of Scythian pendant shaped like two deer, from a riding outfit. Found in barrow one, Pazyryk, Altai, in Russia. Currently in the Hermitage Museum, Russia, 5th century BC

Paleolithic engraved bone with reindeer, fish, and<> designs from Lortet, Hautes Pyrenees, France

Paleolithic spear-straightener
Section of a Paleolithic spear-straightener made of carved reindeer horn, from la Madeleine in France

Paleolithic carving of a bison from la Madeleine in France. It was used as a spear-thrower, and is carved in the shape of a bison licking its side, carved from reindeer antler

A Sassanid silver dish showing King Shapur II, 4th century
An Early Sassanian gilded silver dish showing King Shapur II hunting a stag, 309-379. From the British Museums collection

Detail of base of Sarmatian gold scent bottle with an eagle
Detail of base of Sarmatian gold scent bottle found at Novocherkassk. It depicts an eagle grasping a stag and biting it on the foreleg

Back of an early Russian bronze mirror
Back of a bronze mirror from near the river Bukhtarma Altai, now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg

Scythian gold stag plaque, 4th century BC
Scythian gold stag plaque from Kul Oba. The original is in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 4th century BC

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century
Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, made in Tournai, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

Assyrian relief of a winged figure, 9th century BC
Assyrian relief of a winged figure, either a priest of mythical being, holding a deer and sacred tree, from the Palace of King Ashurnasirom II at Nimrud, 9th century BC

Limestone plaque with two deer, from Susa, Iran. At the Museum fur Islamiche Kunst, Berlin-Dahlen

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, from the Oxus treasure, 5th-4th century BC
Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. The Oxus treasure is the most important collection of silver

Mosaic of a Vandal horseman hunting, 5th century
Mosaic from Carthage, depicting a Vandal horseman hunting. He wears Germanic dress, and therefore is a member of the Vandal ruling class, 5th century

Detail of a Samian ware pot found in England. From the British Museums collection

Cave-painting of swimming deer from Lascaux, c15000 BC
Paleolithic cave-painting of of swimming deer from Lascaux, France, c15000 BC

Deer hunt, 15th century. Artist: Workshop of the Bedford Breviary
Deer hunt, 15th century. Hounds and mounted huntsmen blowing horns, chase a stag through a forest. In the left foreground hunt servants prepare to release more hounds

Deer hunt, 15th century. Hounds and mounted huntsmen blowing horns, chasing a stag through a forest. From Le Livre de la Chasse (Book of the Hunt) of Gaston III Phoebus, Comte de Foix

Diana and Actaeon, 1732. Artist: Louis Galloche
Diana and Actaeon, 1732. According to Greek myth, Actaeon was transformed into a deer, and mistakenly killed by his lover Diana (Artemis in Greek mythology), goddess of the hunt

The Deer Hunt, 4th century BC. Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC) left, and Hephaestion, his boyhood friend, with a stag

Florida Everglades, USA, c1885

Statue of Artemis, Greek goddess of hunting. Artemis was known as Diana in the Roman pantheon

A Plantagenet king of England out hunting. The king depicted is possibly King John (1167-1216). Chromolithograph after a medieval manuscript

Elizabeth I performing the ceremony of assaying the stag, 1576. Elizabeth (1533-1603) alights from her horse onto the hunting field to perform the ceremony and is handed the knife by the huntsman

Deer in the Forest I, 1912. Artist: Marc Franz
Deer in the Forest I, 1912

Red deer II, 1912. Artist: Marc Franz
Red deer II, 1912

Red chalk study, c1500. Artist: Albrecht Durer
Red chalk study, c1500. Study of demonic characters. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Horse and Hind, Palaeolithic cave painting from Altamira, southern Spain, c16, 000-c9000 BC
Horse and Hind, Palaeolithic cave painting from Altamira, southern Spain, c16000-c9000 BC

Prehistoric Anatolian cultural relic from Catal Huyuk, 5750 BC. A gold figure in the form of a stag. The archaeological remains found at Catal Huyuk in central Anatolia indicate that a settlement

Pottery Plate with Deer motif, Mixtec, Cholula, Mexico, 1300-1521

Lapps setting out on a migration with reindeer, Lapland, 1840
Lapps setting out on a migration with reindeer and carrying packs, Lapland, 1840. Nomasic herdsmen of Arcitic regions whose reindeer provided food, clothing, tools and transport. Wood engraving

Herd of Reindeer, Lapland, 1882. Lapp encampment with reindeer corral, Nomadic herdsmen of Arctic regions whose reindeer provided food, clothing, tools and transport. Wood engraving, 1882

Gallo-Roman relief of the Celtic horned god Cernunnos
Gallo-Roman relief of Cernunnos, the Celtic horned god, from Rhiems. Note the rat, associated with his cult, as well as the bull and deer

Silver goblet from the Agighiol Treasure, 4th century BC
Silver goblet from the Agighiol Treasure, from the Thraco-Getic period in Romania. Now in the National Museum in Bucharest, 4th century BC

Bringing home the Yule Log, 1883. Father Christmas driving a team of cart horses pulling a timber wagon. Headpiece by Heywood Sumner in The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1883

My Hearts in the Highlands!, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
My Hearts in the Highlands!, 1888. The leader of the Home Rule Party, Charles Parnell, can be seen here setting his sights on the stag in the distance

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