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This is an illustration of a hunting scene featuring a dog chasing a hare.
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This is an illustration of a hunting scene featuring a dog chasing a hare.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Hound Chasing a Hare

Benozzo Gozzoli

Date
c. 1456/1459
Medium
pen and brown ink with traces of red chalk, heightened with white on pink prepared paper
Dimensions
overall: 6.7 x 11.1 cm (2 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.61
Credit line
Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Florentine
  • Rabbit
  • Dog
  • Renaissance
  • animal
Provenance

Possibly Lamberto Gori; Sir Thomas Lawrence [1769-1830] (Lugt 2445), London; Bruno de Bayser; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, November 1984; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

NGA object ID 75840. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.