'Der Hase' in Nuremberg, Germany

A sculpture of a gigantic goggle-eyed hare is portrayed as having fallen hard upon and smashed open a wooden box from which spills a horde of numerous tiny and demonic-looking rabbits. Look closely and you will see that crushed beneath this heavyweight hare lies a person, whose lifeless hand can be seen outstretched from beneath the animal’s colossal bulk. Known as Der Hase, this is a monument to Renaissance-era painter and printer Albrecht Dürer, who was born and lived much of his life not far from where the sculpture stands…

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