A woodcut by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, created in 1515 from a written description and sketch of an Indian rhinoceros that had arrived in Lisbon, an animal Dürer never saw in person. Despite its anatomical inaccuracies, it became the definitive European image of a rhinoceros for the following three centuries and remains one of the most reproduced woodcuts in art history.
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Durer's Rhinoceros is a celebrated woodcut print.
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- Created By: Albrecht Dürer
- In Movement: Northern Renaissance
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Albrecht Dürer created a famous woodcut of a rhinoceros in 1515, based on a written description and brief sketch by Valentim Fernandes, a German printer resident in Lisbon.
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Albrecht Dürer created a famous woodcut of a rhinoceros in 1515, based on a written description and brief sketch by Valentim Fernandes, a German printer resident in Lisbon.
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Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515.
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