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Elephant and Rhinoceros
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A live rhinoceros is first brought ashore in London in 1684. A print depicting a rhino fighting an elephant appears in England, which Pieter van den Berge then republishes in the Netherlands. While the explanatory text states that it is a natural representation of the rhino that arrived in London, the artist actually relies on Dürer’s representation.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineElephant and Rhinoceros. 1686 - 1696. Pieter van den Berge. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
