Is this painting based on a real painting?

In Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fox stands in front of a painting with a bunch of badgers standing around (pictured behind him in this still). Is it a parody with badgers of a real painting? Or is it simply stylized to look like a certain era?

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Best Answer

I think the posing is more reminiscent of photos from the Civil War era, like this one of the Buffalo Soldiers:

But the actually style of painting is pulled from Winslow Homer, one of the prominent painters from the Civil War:

I think the combination of references people are familiar with is pretty effective at making you feel like it’s a painting you know, while making something new and original!

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