Donkey (Equus africanus asinus)
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
In the early 19th century the mayor of Bruges, Van Huerne, had the Historia Naturalis rebound. The drawings were pasted onto pages provided with framing lines and the name of each creature inscribed in the Dutch, Latin and French forms of the time. He also commissioned artists to add surrounding details and a background to the drawings. As a result, this donkey ended up standing on a grassy patch.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-BR-2017-1-1-28
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
