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)

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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