Focus on this artwork and explain the abstract.
The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt is an oil painting on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens. It was commissioned in 1615 to decorate Schleißheim Palace, along with three other works depicting lion, wolf, and boar hunts. The cycle of paintings was looted from the palace during the Napoleonic Wars. Only the Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt was returned to Munich, at which time it was added to the collection that is now the Alte Pinakothek.
wolf Hippopotamus Peter Paul Rubens canvas lion Napoleonic Wars Crocodile Alte Pinakothek boar Munich Schleißheim Palace