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No, This Is Not from Prague

Do not confuse this Hans Hoffman, German painter from the 16th century, attached to the royal retinue of Emperor Rudolf II of Prague, with the proto AbEx one.

This Hoffman revered Durer's Hare of 1502 and though the original is very special, I feel he actually surpassed his idol in A Hare in the Forest, 1585, at the Getty. Rudolf eventually bought the Durer bunny and hung them together in his kunstkammer of treasures (now at the Albertina).

Look at this bunny munching on some tasty greens! In a small clearing on the edge of the forest surrounded by ferns and other fauna, this bunny has found his bliss.

The bunnies in the mountains near me are more forlorn, looking for bits of green amidst the parched land and carefully watching their backs as they cross the trail as the rattlers and coyotes are hungry too.