Duck Shooting

{{Short description|Painting by Horace Vernet}}

{{Infobox artwork

| image_file=Horace Vernet (1789-1863) - Duck Shooting - P608 - The Wallace Collection.jpg

| image_size=350px

| title= Duck Shooting

| artist=Horace Vernet

| year=1824

| type=Oil on canvas, genre painting

| height_metric=37.5

| width_metric=61.1

| metric_unit=cm

| imperial_unit=in

| museum=Wallace Collection

| city=London

}}

Duck Shooting is an 1824 genre painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.Ingamells p.313 It pays homage to the artist's father Carle Vernet who was very influenced by British sporting paintings and prints. It depicts a duck hunt in the marshes. Vernet often made reference to the works of his father and grandfather Joseph Vernet, both noted painters.Harkett & Hornstein p.30 It was exhibited at the Salon of 1824 in Paris along with its pendant piece The Quarry.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/duck-shooting-209649 Both paintings are now in the Wallace Collection in London.https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=65542&viewType=detailView