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Denial of Peter
Madonna of the milk
Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
The hare
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The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds
St. John Baptist
Judith and Holofernes
Madonna with child
San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Madonna of the straw
Salome with the head of the Baptist
The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Venus reaches dying Adonis
Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
The torture of Prometheus
Denial of Peter
Madonna of the milk
Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
The hare
Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds

The hare

Hans Hoffmann

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Corsini Gallery

Corsini Gallery

Via della Lungara, 10 , Rome

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The watercolor depicts in an extremely analytical way a hare surrounded by various species of plants and insects, accurately described: from the Alchemilla vulgaris (or star grass) on the right, to the dock with large fleshy leaves at the bottom, from the carnation on the left, to the small grasshopper bottom right. It is an example of virtuosity - accentuated by the presence of the fly at the top - linked to the fortune of Dürer's prototypes and, in particular, of the famous Hare of the Albertina of Vienna (1502). Moreover, the masterpiece was donated to the Corsinis by Cardinal Guadagni precisely as a work of the great German artist and is perhaps the same "Hare" protagonist of an anecdote told by Baldinucci (1681), about the sculptor Pietro Tacca, who refused to sell it. , despite a very high offer, "because I know how to earn the sequins, but if the hare goes away, I will never take it back". Today, the work is attributed to Hans Hoffmann, a Nuremberg painter very well known at the time for copies of Dürer's works, and was probably made during his stay in Prague, where in 1585 he became court painter of Emperor Rudolf II.
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Title: The hare

Author: Hans Hoffmann

Date: 1585-1590

Technique: Watercolor and gouache on parchment

Displayed in: Corsini Gallery

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