The Dead Hare
Hollar cleverly adapted this composition from a hunting still life by Pieter Boel, using it to show off his dexterity with the medium of etching through his rendering of fur, feathers, and skins. Images of hunting trophies were popular in the second half of the seventeenth century. Artists treated them with a heightened sense of realism and often portrayed them at life-size in paintings, as Boel did.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Dead Hare
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Pieter Boel (1622–1674)
- Date: 1649
- Medium: Etching; first state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in. (26.3 × 18.3 cm)
trimmed c. 7 x 12 mm within platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.1407
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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