Dürer's Rhinoceros
Fri, Oct 06
|Hybrid (online or in person)
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
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT+1
Hybrid (online or in person), Quadrant Rd, Richmond TW9 1DH, UK
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About the Event
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 professional Artist and Art Historian, curatorial assistant National Gallery London.Isaac Nugent,
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