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The Hare Hunters

Pieter Bruegel, the elderLinkedCulture matchlcp-589614bf179b

Date: 1566
Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Culture: Netherlands
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 25374

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This etching might represent two related proverbs popularized by the philosopher/writer Erasmus in the mid-1500s: “He who chases two hares catches neither” and “A hare yourself, you hunt for prey.” In compositional terms, the proverb served Pieter Bruegel the Elder as more of a pretext for the sweeping landscape scene that occupies most of the printed field. Bruegel’s inf luence on the early development of the landscape genre cannot be overestimated. He created important landscape drawings, but his impact spread even more forcefully through the medium of printmaking. This is the only etching he is believed to have executed himself.

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Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection

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17th-century Northern European animal studies
A collection of prints and prints-based works from the Dutch, Flemish, and Northern European traditions of the 17th century depicting domestic animals and rural pastoral scenes, primarily created through etching and engr
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