Game with dead hare

Game with dead hare is among the paintings chosen by Hackert to furnish the Royal Palace of Carditello as early as 1792. In particular, the work was intended for the Game Room, inventoried in the heritage of the Royal Palace of Caserta only in the post-war period.

Signed by Baldassarre De Caro, this still life can certainly be dated to the first half of the 18th century, echoing numerous European examples of the genre, including those found in the paintings of the Frenchman Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (Paris, 1699 - 1779) or the Austrian Giacomo Francesco Cipper.