Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) - A rhinoceros

This woodcut of an Indian rhinoceros by Dürer has proved endlessly popular since its first publication in 1515. Eight editions of the print were taken from the original woodblock over the course of a century or so; this impression is one of a large number printed in the sixteenth century, after Dürer’s death. Over the next two centuries many artists used it as a model for their own depictions of the animal. The text at the head of the print explains that the animal shown is that sent from...