The Rhinoceros; The first Lisbon or 'Dürer' rhinoceros of 1515


In my personal preference I like the closest accuracy of Albrecht Dürer's woodcuts. The rhinoceros anatomy it's quite realistic and I enjoy the precision.

Dürer's woodcut was based on a sketch from Lisbon that accompanied a newsletter. Since he never saw it I couldn't possibly be exactly accurate. 

Detail from the Emperor Maximilian's prayer book, drawing in red ink. François Legua, Voyage te avantures.  This too resemble the same ascetic that Dürer capture in his rhinoceros. 

Definitely Hans Burgkmair, Rhinoceros, woodcut, 1515(Albertina, Viena) was the most amusing piece because of how closely is in shape with Dürers. Apart from that I found odd the pattern that the rhinoceros has on the skin, the hairy back and tail, and what look like whiskers since animal does not have this characteristics. 

Supposing that a creature that had never been seen before in Miami arrived here as in tomorrow in modern time we will definitely hear news of its arrival from the news channels or social media platforms. With today's technology it would be very easy seen the first thing we would probably see it's a picture of it in the news or internet. Seens it's just a picture I wouldn't fully say it would be accurate because it could be from taken from a bias one-sided angle there could be more to its figure. 

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