Alpensteenbok (Capra ibex)
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
When the Bruges mayor Joseph van Huerne rebound the albums of the Historia Naturalis in the early 19th century, he had the drawings mounted on folios provided with framing lines and the name of each creature inscribed in the Dutch, Latin and French forms of the time. He also engaged an artist to add the surroundings and background to the drawings. And so this Alpine ibex was given its familiar rough terrain under its hooves.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-BR-2017-1-2-26
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
