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Pieter Bruegel

The Rabbit Hunt

1560
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's paintings, drawings, and prints often drew from popular proverbs, translating them into pictorial form. In the case of this etching, "A hare yourself, you hunt for prey" is perhaps the most apt.

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