Commentary
Albrecht Dürer’s “Young Hare” (Feldhase) hangs on a wall in the Albertina Museum in Vienna. This picture, or at least prints of it, had meant a lot to me since childhood. I grew up loving art but lived far from such masterpieces, a hundred miles from the nearest art museum and about 10,000 miles from Vienna. The “Young Hare” is exquisite, and Dürer clearly loved the subject—the detail and beauty of nature that extends far beyond ourselves. I had no idea it was in the Albertina, so it meant something on a random visit to be surprised by the real thing.
