Dürer's Rhinoceros
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|online recorded lecture
In this talk, we explore the fate of Durer’s Rhinoceros, a gift from the ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate in Western India to Manuel II of Portugal in 1512, through the range of artistic responses it engendered. It is a fascinating story full of twists and turns. more information below
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In 1515, the German printmaker Albrecht Durer produced a bestselling woodblock print of an Indian rhinoceros. He rendered the animal in extraordinary detail, right down to the hairs bristling its chin. Remarkably, Durer had never seen a rhinoceros first hand. He relied instead on written descriptions produced in Lisbon of an Indian rhinoceros, the first seen in Europe for over a thousand years.
delivered by Isaac Nugent, professional Artist and Art Historian, curatorial assistant National Gallery London.
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