Dürer's Rhinoceros
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Artists | Albrecht Dürer |
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Dimensions | 23. 5 cm × 29. 8 cm (9. 3 in × 11. 7 in) |
Locations | National Gallery of Art |
Washington | |
Created | 1515 |
Subject | Rhinoceros |
Periods | Renaissance |
Northern Renaissance | |
German Renaissance | |
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ID | 980339 |
About Dürer's Rhinoceros
Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer in 1515. The image is based on a written description and brief sketch by an unknown artist of an Indian rhinoceros that had arrived in Lisbon in 1515.