Lievre Entoure De Plantes 

Hans Hoffmann rendered this lifelike hare amidst foliage, capturing nature's tender details with a scientist’s eye. But beyond its surface beauty, the hare carries a weighty symbolic mantle. Throughout history, this animal has been a harbinger of both fertility and fear, a creature of the moon's cyclical rhythms. In antiquity, it was associated with Aphrodite, goddess of love, yet also haunted by its perceived timidity. Observe the hare, as it echoes through time – from ancient Roman mosaics to Renaissance tapestries. Its image is cyclical. Here, Hoffman’s hare evokes a sense of vulnerability, reflecting humanity's own anxieties. The hare resurfaces in our collective psyche, a reminder of our primal fears and desires, forever caught in the dance between predator and prey.