Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Eye Candy for Today: Aegidius Sadeler rhino [feedly]



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Eye Candy for Today: Aegidius Sadeler rhino
// lines and colors

Fable of the Rhinoceros and Elephants, Aegidius Sadeler, etching, Rijksmuseum
Fable of the Rhinoceros and Elephants, Aegidius Sadeler

Etching, roughly 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (96x112mm), 1608. In the Rijksmuseum.

Today — I am informed in a tweet from the Rijksmusem — is World Rhino Day. In celebration they point to a selection of rhino images from their collection, from which I focused on this wonderful etching by Aegidius Sadeler.

Not only is the exotic beast made more so by Sadeler's marvelously textural line work, the fairly-tale like elephants and elegantly rendered tree are a bonus.


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