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Hans Hoffmann

Dead Blue Roller

1583
watercolor and gouache with touches of gold

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This realistic portrait of a dead bird signals a turn toward objective depictions of nature in the 1500s.

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