The Dead Hare
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in. (26.3 × 18.3 cm) trimmed c. 7 x 12 mm within platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.1407
Tags
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department are treated to *The Dead Hare*, a 1649 etching attributed to Wenceslaus Hol and Pieter Boel.lar, a Bohemian master etcher renowned for his meticulous detail and versatility, produced this work during his time in England amid the turbulent English Civil War era. The first state of three—before later alterations to the plate—offers a pristine glimpse into 17th-century printmaking with the sheet measuring 10 3/8 × 7 3/16 inches, lightly trimmed within the platemark. This etching exemplifies the Northern Baroque fascinati...
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|Pieter Boel · 1607–1677
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was a prolific Bohemian etcher who became one of the most accomplished printmakers of the seventeenth century. Born in Prague, he trained under Matthäus Merian in Frankfurt before entering the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, in 1636. Hollar spent most of his career in England, where he produced approximately 2,740 etchings documenting an extraordinary range...