Women Hunting the Fox, c. 1650, Unknown designers and cartoonists, Flanders, 159 1/2 x 150 3/4 in. (405.13 x 382.91 cm), Wool, silk; tapestry weave, Belgium (Flanders), 17th century, In the foreground, a huntsmana professional director of houndscommands dogs in the distance with blasts from his horn. Farther afield, a female rider balances her spear while training her gaze on the fox to her right. The declining deer population at the time had forced hunters to seek alternative game such as foxes and other 'pests.