In May 1515, the first rhinoceros since antiquity to reach Europe alive arrived in Lisbon, Portugal. The ruler of Gujarat, Sultan Muzafar II, presented the exotic beast to the governor of Portuguese India, Alfonso d’Albuquerque, who then sent it to King Manuel I. Later that year, the king sent the animal as a political gift to Pope Leo X. Sadly, the ship sank on its way to Italy, and the rhinoceros drowned. Dürer and his contemporaries were fascinated with discoveries of the natural world…

Albrecht Dürer [German painter, printmaker, mathematician, engraver, and theorist, 1471–1528] ‘Hare’ 1502 Watercolor and gouache, heightened with white gouache 25 x 22.5 cm Albertina - Graphic Arts Collection, Vienna, Austria. The Albertina's collection of Durer's works: gallery.albertina.at/eMuseum/code/eMuseum.asp?newaction=a... 460 ___ Many thanks to arthistory390 for his generous permission to use this superb image: flic.kr/p/aNSQKH

Albrecht Dürer | Cain Killing Abel | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for an apostles' hand in The Heller Alter: flic.kr/p/bWxvoM Albrecht Dürer [German Northern Renaissance painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist, 1471 – 1528] Biography: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer Watercolor and gouache on green paper Albertina - Graphic Arts Collection, Vienna, Austria ___ Light restoration by plumleaves View of arthistory390's superb print: flic.kr/p/aNSFTn

Albrecht Dürer [German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist, 1471 – 1528] 4.7 x 3.9 inches watercolor on paper Musee Bonnat, France www.museebonnat.bayonne.fr/index.php Biography: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer ___ Slight compilation and restoration by plumleaves

I happened across an Albrecht Dürer print while looking for an image of a rhinoceros the other day, which reminded me how much I love his art. I grew up seeing copies of his famous praying hands ha…

1484 Self-Portrait at the age of 13 silverpoint on paper 27.5 x 19.6 cm Albertina, Vienna Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician and theorist. Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Duurer was apprenticed to his father, a goldsmith, and to Michael Wolgemut, whose workshop produced woodcut illustrations for publications. Dürer revolutionised printmaking, elevating it to an independent art form. His high quality woodcuts established his reputation and…