Still Life with Dead Hare, 1703 by Jan Baptist Weenix
Canvas Print - 5853-JXB
Location: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CanadaOriginal Size: 122 x 101.6 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $62.83 USD
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Painting Information
Jan Baptist Weenix’s "Still Life with Dead Hare" (1703) presents us with a moment that is both opulent and somber, a striking blend of vitality and decay. At its center, a hare hangs upside down, lifeless but rendered with an astonishing realism that brings each fur strand into focus. The animal, caught mid-dangle, is painted with a tenderness that belies its fate, its body suspended as though held by invisible strings. Weenix treats it not merely as a trophy, but as a subject of almost reverent detail - each subtle hue and shadow lending the creature a strange dignity.
The backdrop of this scene is an elaborate, classical urn, its carved figures caught in perpetual dance, standing in contrast to the stillness of the slain hare. The urn’s stone surface is painted with a muted palette of greys and earthy tones, providing a textural foil for the rich, fleshy colors of the fruits and flowers in the foreground. Grapes, pomegranates, and peaches spill onto the scene, their skins gleaming under Weenix’s careful brushstrokes. The fruits appear ripe to the point of bursting, almost lush enough to smell, suggesting a fleeting moment of ripeness that matches the fleeting life of the animals.
Weenix’s technique is precise and layered, playing with light to create an interplay of textures that feels tactile - from the hare’s soft, plush fur to the smooth, taut skins of the fruit. There is a deft handling of chiaroscuro here, shadows creeping into corners and lending the scene an atmospheric depth. The colors are bold yet restrained, with the earth tones of the hare and the urn balancing the richer reds and purples of the fruit, creating a harmony that feels as carefully arranged as a stage set.
"Still Life with Dead Hare" invites a contemplative gaze. It’s a reminder of life’s impermanence, the hare and the overripe fruit serving as memento mori in a scene that is at once beautiful and transient. Weenix has composed a world that feels abundant yet poised on the brink of decay, a reminder that every feast eventually fades. The painting is a meditation on nature’s cycles, on the passage from vitality to stillness. The animals and fruits here are more than symbols; they become part of a quiet dialogue about time, abundance, and the inevitable end that awaits all living things. In this way, Weenix creates not just a still life, but a profound reflection on life and death, all housed within the silent grandeur of the scene.
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