On May 20th 1515, the Lisbon ganda was the first of its kind to arrive in europe. Ganda is the name for rhinoceros in Indian (Gujarati). With its presence came its major impact on art. Inspiring Albrecht Durer's woodcut which later will be looked at to be a valid image in german schools in 1948.
Even though Durer had never seen the rhinoceros his attention to detail was on point. So much so that it was replicated and placed into future artists work. I found it interesting the different variations in style describing the same creature. Some of them were cartoonish then went to detailed similar to the original.
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