Tag: hare

Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy (1865)

Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy (The Hare, after A. de Balleroy) 1865 Softground and drypoint on paper, 18 x 25.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Balleroy, Albert de (1828-1872)

The Hare Hunters (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Hare Hunters 1566 Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 21.5 × 29.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This etching might represent two related proverbs popularized by the philosopher/writer Erasmus in the mid-1500s: “He who…

Battaglia di San Romano (c.1435-1440)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 182 x 323 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano c.1438–1440 National Gallery, London     Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano…

Poulets, gibier à plumes et lièvres (c.1882)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Poulets, gibier à plumes et lièvres (Chickens, Game Birds, and Hares) c.1882 Oil on canvas, 76 x 105 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Caillebotte balanced the notion of the wild with the orderly in this painting, as…

Chiens de chasse et lièvre mort (1857)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Chiens de chasse et lièvre mort (Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare) 1857 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 148.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Set in a forest, two hunting dogs face off as they await…

Après la chasse (c.1859)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Après la chasse (After the Hunt) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 236.2 x 186.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In style, scale, and composition, this work strongly resembles Courbet’s first hunting scene, The Quarry, a great…

Rain, Steam and Speed (1844)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…