3613985 A Hunting Scene, c.1494-1500 (tempera and oil transferred to Masonite) by Cosimo, Piero di (c.1462-1521); 70.5x169.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Inspired by De Rerum Natura by Lucretius (c.99??5 B.C.) who believed that the workings of the world can be accounted for by natural rather than divine causes. Probably set into room panelling or the backrest of a pair of cassapanca (spalliere) as companion to XOS 1127627 Satyrs and men in animal pelts take advantage of the panic created by a forest fire to hunt game. Fleeing animals are prey to other animals and men.); Italian, out of copyright.