In brief Asprey Studio, in partnership with the British Museum, is creating 11 sterling silver sculptures based on Albrecht Dürer's 1515 "The Rhinoceros," each accompanied by a digital inscription on ...

The only image of a rhinoceros that Europeans had previously seen was a print made in 1515 by the renowned artist Albrecht Dürer. This drawing was not entirely accurate, however – it showed the ...

The Rijksmuseum has acquired a rare terracotta sculpture of Clara, an 18th-century rhinoceros that captivated audiences across Europe. The finely detailed, 50-centimeter-tall artwork is attributed to ...

The natural effects of the stone give the rhinoceros a charmingly realistic finish, with the patterns mimicking the wrinkles in the animal’s skin. Designs for these hardstone animals gained ...

According to the Artnet Price Database, the most ever paid at auction for a Dürer is $866,500, for a woodcut from 1515 called The Rhinoceros. It was sold at Christie’s New York in January 2013.

What does it take to create a full-size rhinoceros? If you’re artist Greg Lewallen, it’s 37 ballpoint pens and 125 hours. Plus, of course, the vision and focus to finish.

The rhino in the drawing had been a gift to King Manuel I of Portugal, who apparently wanted to see if it could beat an elephant in a fight. Don’t worry—the fight never happened.

Albrecht Dürer “The Rhinoceros” (1515), woodcut on laid paper, 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches; held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New ...

Travelling in India is always rewarding, no matter where you go. Hence it is very difficult for me to decide where my favourite spot would be on the subcontinent— there is just too much to discover.

Here just a few remarks about the two artworks superposed on the cover: Albrecht Dürer’s Rhinocerus (The Rhinoceros; 1515, Meder, first edition, woodcut and letterpress, 24.3 × 30.8 cm, donated by ...

Albrecht Dürer, one of the most narcissistic artists that ever lived (and it’s a crowded field), would have loved this book. It lays out methodically, with academic brilliance, the marketplace, techno ...

Dürer's woodcut print of a rhinoceros is as iconic as it is inaccurate. In this article we explore the legacy of this artwork and how it shaped public perception for more than 200 years after its ...