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Clara the Rhinoceros

By Ham, Gijs van der

Clara the Rhinoceros Film, Art & Culture

Clara the Rhinoceros

By Ham, Gijs van der

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A visual history of the 18th-century rhinoceros and her unusual life as cultural icon and captive creature In 1741 a ship arrived in the Netherlands carrying a miraculous animal that few people in Europe had seen before: a young female rhinoceros from India named Clara. For 17 years, Clara traveled with her owner Douwe Mout through almost every country in Europe. Wherever she appeared, she made a sensation, becoming the most famous rhino in European history. Artists such as Jan Wandelaar, Johann Elias Ridinger, Petrus Camper, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Pietro Longhi immortalized her in paintings, drawings, sculptures and medals; she even influenced fashion; and she permanently corrected the false image of a rhinoceros perpetuated by Dürer in his famous 1515 engraving. Based on new research, Gijs van der Ham, a former senior curator at the Rijksmuseum, reconstructs her life, travels and captivity, and unravels her influence on the iconography and knowledge of rhinoceroses.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2023-01-17
Publication Date:
2023-01-17
Publisher:
Nai010 Publishers
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9462087474
ISBN13:
9789462087477
Minimum Reading Age:
16
Maximum Reading Age:
99
Weight:
412 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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