{"product_id":"hoffmann-hare-in-the-forest-music-box","title":"Hoffmann Hare in the Forest Music Box","description":"Art and music combine in this charming music box. The outer paper box features a detail from one of the J. Paul Getty Museum's 19th Century Paintings, \u003cem\u003eA Hare in the Forest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eby Hans Hoffmann\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Inside, a high-quality sound mechanism is mounted on a resonance board for sound quality. The melody \"William Tell Overture\" by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGioachino \u003c\/span\u003eRossini plays when the hand crank is turned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Box dimensions: 2.25 inches x 1.75 x 1.25 inches\u003cbr\u003e- Made in China\u003cbr\u003e- Item #: GMB06 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNibbling on a leaf pulled from a stalk of Lady's Mantle, an alert hare sits at the edge of a pine forest. Unlike the darkness one would expect to find in a forest, Hans Hoffmann painted a theatrically illuminated scene. Each plant and insect--snail, cricket, beetle--is seen in vivid detail. The finely wrought leaves of the thistle, the sprawling fronds of a plantain, and the bright blue flowers of the Hare Bell attest to Hoffmann's meticulous treatment of the subject. In fact, none of these plants could have coexisted in the natural world. Hoffmann imaginatively combined numerous individual nature studies in a single painting. Hoffmann's golden-brown hare is based on Albrecht Dürer's famous and influential watercolor which, much like his \u003ci\u003eStag Beetle\u003c\/i\u003e, shows a hare against a plain ground. Hoffmann had seen Dürer's hare while in Nuremburg. Later, when he went to work in the court of Emperor Rudolf II, he helped the Emperor acquire the watercolor for his Kunstkammer. Hoffmann's hare differs from Dürer's, however, appearing amid a striking arrangement of elegant plants and insects. At the time it was painted, this arrangement of nearly life-size subjects was entirely unique, not only within Hoffmann's body of work, but also within the tradition of German nature study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Hare in the Forest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHans Hoffmann (German, about 1530 - 1591\/1592)\u003cbr\u003eabout 1585\u003cbr\u003eOil on panel\u003cbr\u003e62.2 × 78.4 cm (24 1\/2 × 30 7\/8 in.)\u003cbr\u003eThe J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e2001.12","brand":"Getty Museum Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785936347276,"sku":"GMB06","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/3347\/4700\/files\/GMB06_WEB_a.jpg?v=1778698701","url":"https:\/\/kinksandquirks.com\/en-ca\/products\/hoffmann-hare-in-the-forest-music-box","provider":"Quirks!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}