Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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Animals

THE RHINOCEROS

1515

Monogram and date 1515

Inscription:

RHINOCERUS

Woodcut

214×298 mm

Handbooks:

B. VII, 136; M. 273; С. 218; TIB. X, 336

Impression in the Museum collections

Second half of the 16^th century

4^th edition

Watermark:
a coat of arms with a crown, three lilies and letters "WR"

Provenance:

State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-2401

Comments:

the impression is grey, obscure, the plate has a crack in the bottom, passing through the hind legs of the rhinoceros. The watermark and the condition of the plate testify it is from the 4^th edition (М. 273, 4)