Young Hare
1502 · Watercolour and gouache on paper · Albertina, Vienna
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About this work
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
- Year
- 1502
- Medium
- Watercolour and gouache on paper
- Original size
- 25 × 22.5 cm
- Collection
- Albertina, Vienna
- Movement
- Northern Renaissance
A brown hare crouches on a bare sheet of paper, ears up and forepaws drawn in, every hair of its coat set down with fine strokes of watercolour and opaque bodycolour; the light falls from the left and catches the whiskers and the tips of the ears. Dürer signed the sheet with his monogram and dated it 1502, beneath the animal. He made it in his Nuremberg workshop during the years around 1500–1505 when he studied animals and plants directly from nature; despite the English title, the animal appears to be a full-grown hare, and the German title means simply field hare. The window reflected in its eye suggests he worked indoors. The sheet stayed in Dürer's workshop until his death in 1528 and was then bought by the Nuremberg collector Willibald Imhoff, whose family sold it to Emperor Rudolf II in 1588. It is in the Albertina in Vienna, which shows the light-sensitive original only for short periods.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A brown hare crouched on bare cream paper, finely furred in umber, fawn and grey, for a kitchen, hallway or bedroom at 16×24 in natural wood. A sage green, warm white or oatmeal wall; it pairs with The Goldfinch.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Northern Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (1502)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bedroom, kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
