Lot Essay
The subject of this famous print was a gift from King Muzafar of Cambodia to King Emmanuel of Portugal. The first specimen to be seen in Europe in modern times, it arrived in Lisbon on 20 May 1515.
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A Rhinoceros (B. 136; M., Holl. 273)
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Albrecht Dürer
A Rhinoceros (B. 136; M., Holl. 273)
woodcut, 1515, with a Double-headed Eagle in Crowned Cartouche watermark, a good impression of the fifth or sixth edition, lacking the text above, with thread margins outside the border, a small brown stain just inside the lower border, a short tear at the upper sheet edge, minor soft creasing, a central drying crease visible on the reverse, generally in good condition
B. 215 x 397 mm., S. 218 x 402 mm.
A Rhinoceros (B. 136; M., Holl. 273)
woodcut, 1515, with a Double-headed Eagle in Crowned Cartouche watermark, a good impression of the fifth or sixth edition, lacking the text above, with thread margins outside the border, a small brown stain just inside the lower border, a short tear at the upper sheet edge, minor soft creasing, a central drying crease visible on the reverse, generally in good condition
B. 215 x 397 mm., S. 218 x 402 mm.
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