Lot 13 (detail) European Art & Old Masters AUCTION Sale 1656 Tuesday, February 18 at 12pm 2400 Market St Philadelphia PA freemansauction.com VIEWING TIMES Friday, February 14: 10am - 5pm Saturday & Sunday, February 15 & 16: 12pm - 5pm Monday, February 17: 10am - 5pm Tuesday, February 18: by appointment only DEPARTMENT David Weiss Senior Vice President | Head of Department
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[email protected], 267.414.1253 Opposite: Lot 34 (detail); Cover: Lot 48; Inside Front Cover: Lot 37 (detail); Inside Back Cover: Lot 38 (detail) Lot 12 (detail) The Rhinoceros is one of Albrecht Dürer’s rarest prints. This woodcut, executed in eight states, is 1 a visual record of an Indian rhinoceros brought Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) to Emanuel I, King of Portugal in 1513 and known The Rhinoceros to Dürer from a sketch by the painter Valentin Ferdinand. In 1515, Emanuel I sent the rhinoceros 1515. Woodcut on paper with a Single-Headed to Pope Leo X as a gift, though the animal died in a Eagle watermark (Meder 224), a good impression of the sixth state (of eight). Printed by Hendrick shipwreck. While Dürer never saw the rhinoceros, Hondius, The Hague, circa 1620. The Dutch text he refers to it in an inscription in the edition of the trimmed, as is common; with an inscription in French print with letterpress text as being “fast, impetuous on the reverse and cunning.” Dürer’s Rhinoceros is a highly stylized Image size: 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.