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Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder

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This is plate 16 from Marcus Gheeraerts the elder’s “Animalium quadrupedum” (1583) The two elephants are inspired from Salamanca-Lafreri’s Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae of 1553. The rhino is generic Dürer and the mountain goat more typical of his treatment of animals.

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