A Hare in the Forest  1585

[url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20178534]Wikimedia commons[/url] [br] Nibbling on a leaf pulled from a stalk of Lady's Mantle, an alert hare sits at the edge of a pine forest. Unlike the darkness one would expect to find in a forest, Hans Hoffmann painted a theatrically illuminated scene. Each plant and insect--snail, cricket, beetle--is seen in vivid detail. The fine...