Album Sheet with a Bison

The bison’s head is slightly too large, its horns twist too far back, and its tail does not hang straight down. The artist probably did not study this animal from life. Yet bisons were not completely unknown in Europe during the 16th century. For instance, Margaret of Austria kept ‘wild cows’ in her menagerie in Leuven, and Emperor Maximilian I of Austria was presented with a gift of five bisons when he visited Nuremberg in 1501.

Over het werk

Gegevens

Buren in huis: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Over hetzelfde thema · Hoofed animals: bison

Onbekend

Wat het toont

In de catalogus

Bronnen

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La Corniche bij Monaco, 1884

De Nachtwacht, 1642

Portret van Maria Trip, 1639

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Landschap met stenen brug, c. 1638

Man in Oriental Dress, 1635

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, 1634

Vier verblijven in Artis, 1906-06-09

Bizon, 1735 - 1859

Pieter d'Hont, 70, before 1987-10-09

Verschillende dieren, 1595 - 1652

Bizons bij het Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., c. 1883 - in or before 1893

Texas, before 1988-03-31

Bison, 1904 - 1905

Vijver met zwanen en bizon met kalf in Artis, 1907-06-16