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Albrecht Dürer
(30th May, 1471 - 16th Apr, 1528)
Rhinoceros
1515
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Michèle Bellot
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
rhinoceros
Renaissance (European)
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About the artwork
Title:
Rhinoceros
Periods:
renaissance
16th century
XVIth century
Techniques:
xylography
Inventory number:
699LR
Detail:
woodcut by Albrecht Dürer
Location:
musée du Louvre
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
Dürer's Rhinoceros
is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer in 1515. The image was based on a written description and brief sketch by an unknown artist of an Indian rhinoceros that had arrived in Lisbon earlier that year. Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros, which was the first living example seen in Europe since Roman times. In late 1515, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent the animal as a gift for Pope Leo X, but it died in a shipwreck…
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About the author(s)
Author:
Albrecht Dürer
Born:
30th May, 1471
Dead:
16th Apr, 1528
Country:
Saint-Empire romain germanique
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Albrecht Dürer
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; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by emperor Maximilian I. His…
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