Hares Roasting a Hunter, by Virgilius Solis, the elder

An image of Hares Roasting a Hunter. Solis, Virgilius, the elder (German, 1514-1562). Etching, engraving. Acquisition Credit: Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873). Alternative Number(s): Bartsch; 271. Lehrs (Geschichte); 271 (279).

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Hares Roasting a Hunter. Solis, Virgilius, the elder (German, 1514-1562). Etching, engraving. Acquisition Credit: Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873). Alternative Number(s): Bartsch; 271. Lehrs (Geschichte); 271 (279).

Image data

Accession Number: P.4962-R
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 224 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows)
Filesize: 93.10kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

Key words

16th Century animal animals engraving etching Fitz_PDP German hare hares hunter huntsman Northern Renaissance print Renaissance roasted roasting spit Virgil Solis Virgilius Solis

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024)
            "Hares Roasting a Hunter, by Virgilius Solis, the elder"
            Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-280845007 Accessed: 2024-11-25 14:43:03

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-280845007
            |title=Hares Roasting a Hunter, by Virgilius Solis, the elder
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 14:43:03|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-218606

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/large_P_4962_R_1_201811_amt49_dc2.jpg"
        alt="The World Turned Upside Down: Hares Roasting a Hunter"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Hares Roasting a Hunter, by Virgilius Solis, the elder</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>