A Hunting Scene, ca. 1494?1500, Tempera and oil transferred to Masonite, 27 3/4 x 66 3/4 in. (70. 5 x 169. 5 cm), Paintings, Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) (Italian, Florence 1462?1522 Florence), Dating about 1507?8, these companion panels showing a hunt by men and satyrs and their return from the hunt are among the most singular works of the Renaissance. Their principal inspiration was the fifth book of the De Rerum Natura by the Epicurean poet and philosopher Lucretius (ca