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Natural Histories

Dürer’s Enduring Rhino

For centuries, one grossly distorted woodcut defined the ideal of a rare beast.

Alexander Lee | Published in History Today Volume 70 Issue 8 August 2020

Rhinoceros, by Albrecht Dürer, woodcut, 1515. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC / Wikimedia/Creative Commons.

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