netherlands

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

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A Man with an Oar Netherlands, about 1520/21 Pen and brown ink 16 x 10.4 cm  This fine drawing is one of a number of works believed to have been made during Dürer’s trip to the Netherlands in around 1520-21. It was among those taken from the museum of the Lubomirski family, established in the … Read more

Peter Anton von Verschaffelt (1710-1793)

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A Rhinoceros called ‘Miss Clara’ (1738-1758) Bronze, Model and Cast: Perhaps Mannheim, Germany, about 1770 24.5 x 46.7 x 15 cm Plinth: 4 x 33 x 7.5 cm An enterprising Dutch sea captain, Douwe Mout van der Meer (1705-?), brought a young Indian rhinoceros to the Netherlands in 1741 and then toured her extensively across … Read more