Dode haas, hangend aan een poot 1819 - 1881

"Dode haas, hangend aan een poot" (Dead Hare, Hanging by a Leg) is a drawing by Johannes Tavenraat, a Dutch artist known for his animal studies. Created between 1819 and 1881, the artwork portrays a hare hanging lifelessly from a tree branch, its body lying limp on the ground. Tavenraat's meticulous attention to detail is evident in the realistic depiction of the hare's fur, the textured bark of the tree, and the surrounding foliage. The drawing is currently housed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This artwork, with its stark depiction of death and the natural world, exemplifies the 19th-century Dutch tradition of animal studies.