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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Hound Chasing a Hare is a 1458 ink by Benozzo Gozzoli, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a dog in mid-chase, its body angled forward with ears perked. The hare it’s after is just ahead, legs blurry from speed. The background is a rough, textured linework—no details, just a sense of motion. The artist used quick, overlapping strokes to show movement, almost like scribbles. The red chalk notes in the top corner might be early planning or just doodles. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shading with lines.
Benozzo Gozzoli (pronounced ; born Benozzo di Lese; c. 1421 – 4 October 1497) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of…
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