Young Hare

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• Young Hare is a 1502 watercolour and bodycolour painting by Albrecht Dürer. en.wikipedia.org

  “Young Hare (German: Feldhase) is a 1502 watercolour and bodycolour painting by the German artist Albrecht Dürer.”

• The painting stayed in Dürer's workshop until his death in 1528. en.wikipedia.org

  “The work remained in Dürer's workshop until his death in 1528.”

• Willibald Imhoff owned the work until 1588, when he sold it to Emperor Rudolf II because of financial difficulties. en.wikipedia.org

  “The work was then sold to Willibald Imhoff, to whom it belonged until 1588, when Imhoff sold it to Emperor Rudolf II due to financial difficulties.”

• The work moved to the Albertina Museum in Vienna in 1691 and is still held there. en.wikipedia.org

  “In 1691, the work made its final move to the Albertina Museum in Vienna, where it is still held.”

• Dürer began with an underpainting of brown washes and then worked over it with light and dark brushstrokes. en.wikipedia.org

  “Dürer used an underpainting of brown washes and then went over it with both light and dark brushstrokes.”

• Finishing details of the painting included the whiskers and the eye. en.wikipedia.org

  “Gradually, the painting was brought to completion with the addition of a few refined details, such as the whiskers and the meticulous details in the creature's eye.”

• The prominent date and monogram suggest Dürer regarded the painting as a finished work rather than a preparatory sketch. en.wikipedia.org

  “The prominent date and Dürer monogram on the Young Hare indicate that he considered it a work in its own right rather than merely a preparatory sketch.”

• The reflection of a window frame in the hare's eye is often cited as evidence that Dürer worked from a live hare in his workshop. en.wikipedia.org

  “The reflection of the window frame in the hare's eye is often cited as evidence for the theory that Dürer copied the hare from life in his workshop,”