The Rhinoceros

woodcut by Albrecht Dürer
VisualArtwork woodcut_print Q748518
The Rhinoceros
Albrecht Dürer · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Rhinoceros is a woodcut print[1]. It draws 4,786 Wikipedia views per month (woodcut print category, ranking #3 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Albrecht Dürer[3]
  • Creator: Albrecht Dürer[4]
  • Instance of: print[5]
  • Movement: German Renaissance[6]
  • Genre: animal art[7]
  • Based on: Rhinoceros (preparatory study)[8]
  • Depicts: Indian rhinoceros[9]
  • Made from material: laid paper[10]
  • Collection: British Museum[11], National Gallery of Art[12], Städel Museum[13], Prints in the National Gallery of Art[14], Rosenwald Collection[15], Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum[16], Cleveland Museum of Art[17], Germanisches Nationalmuseum[18]
  • Inventory number: 1964.8.697[19], 31588 D[20], 1950-5-24[21], 19.73.159[22], 60.708.157[23], 1993.9[24], H5582[25]
  • Location: British Museum[26], Städel Museum[27], National Gallery of Art[28], Cleveland Museum of Art[29], Germanisches Nationalmuseum[30], Statens Museum for Kunst[31]
  • Commons category: Dürer's Rhinoceros[32]
  • Country of origin: Germany[33]
  • Catalog code: 136 (Grav. Bois)[34], C. D. 125[35], 299[36], 160[37], 75[38], 273[39], 136[40], 241[41]
  • Inception: January 1, 1512[42], January 1, 1515[43]
  • Main subject: Rhinoceros[44]
  • Described at URL: http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/ciencia/e71.html[45], https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/d/durer/2/12/6_1520/06rhino.html[46], https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.9[47], https://www.diepresse.com/1338770/duerers-holzschnitt-rhinocerus-erzielt-rekordsumme#slide-1-1[48]
  • Location of creation: Nuremberg[49]
  • Title: The Rhinoceros[50], Rhinocerus[51], Rhinocerus (Das Rhinozeros)[52], Das Rhinozeros[53]
  • Inscription: Nach Choistiegeburt / 1513. Jar Adi 1. May hat man dem grossmechtigisten König Emanuel von Portugal / gen Lysabona aus India pracht / ain solch lebendig Thier. das nennen sie Rhinocerus / Das ist hie mit all seiner gestalt abconterfect. Es hat ein Farb wie ein gepsreckelte [sic] Schildkrot / und ist vom dicken schalen uberleget sehr fest / und ist in der gröss als der heillfandt / aber niderichter von baynen und sehr wehrhafftig[.] es hat ein scharffstark horn vorn auff der Nassen / das begundt es zu werzen wo es bey staynen ist / das da ein Sieg Thir ist / des Heilffanten Todtfeyndt. Der Heillfandt fürchts fast ubel / den wo es Ihn ankompt / so laufft Ihm das Thir mit dem kopff zwischen die fordern bayn / und reist den Heilffanten unten am bauch auff / und er würget ihn / des mag er sich nicht erwehren. dann das Thier ist also gewapnet / das ihm der Jeilffandt [sic] nichts Thun kan / Sie sagen auch / das der Rhinocerus / Schnell / fraytig / und auch Lustig / sey.[54]
  • Height: 23.5 cm[55]
  • Width: 29.8 cm[56]
  • Fabrication method: woodcut process[57]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://www.nga.gov/api/v1/iiif/presentation/manifest.json?cultObj:id=47903[58], https://objektkatalog.gnm.de/wisski/navigate/11362/iiif_manifest[59]
  • Copyright status: public domain[60]

Why It Matters

The Rhinoceros has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . objektkatalog.gnm.de. objektkatalog.gnm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . collection.cooperhewitt.org. collection.cooperhewitt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . collection.cooperhewitt.org. collection.cooperhewitt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . objektkatalog.gnm.de. objektkatalog.gnm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . objektkatalog.gnm.de. objektkatalog.gnm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Albrecht Dürer, his engravings and woodcuts. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Kurth's Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Kurth's Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . objektkatalog.gnm.de. objektkatalog.gnm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . objektkatalog.gnm.de. objektkatalog.gnm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → British Museum, Städel Museum, National Gallery of Art +3
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +1512-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1515-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → woodcut print, print
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