Saturday, October 2, 2010

Rinoceronte (Rhinoceros)

Os rinocerontes, mamíferos perisodátilos (número ímpar de dedos), de pele espessa e rugosa com um ou dois cornos no nariz (um atrás do outro), têm por habitat as florestas tropicais e savanas de África (branco) e Ásia (unicórnio). O Sultão de Cambaia ofereceu em 1514 um rinoceronte a uma embaixada portuguesa que o visitou. Chegou a Lisboa em 1515. Um amigo de Albrecht Dürer enviou-lhe desta cidade a descrição do animal. O mesmo foi oferecido ao Papa Leão X, mas o navio português naufragou perto de Génova e o rinoceronte morreu afogado. Encontrado na costa francesa empalharam-no e foi assim que chegou a Roma. Nos anos de 1738-1758 exibiram em várias cidades europeias um exemplar denominado Clara.

The rhinoceros, perissodactyla mammals (odd number of toes), with thick and rough skin, one or two horns on the nose (one after the other), have, as their habitat, tropical forests and savannas of Africa (white rhino) and Asia (unicorn). In 1514 the Sultan of Cambay offered a rhino to a Portuguese embassy who had visited him. It arrived in Lisbon in 1515. From this city, a friend of Albrecht Dürer sent him a description of the animal. The same rhino was offered to Pope Leo X, but the Portuguese ship was wrecked near Genoa and the rhinoceros drowned. It was found on the French coast and stuffed - this is how it arrived in Rome. In the years 1738-1758 a copy named Clara was exhibited in several European cities.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)-'the rhinoceros'-woodcut London-British Museum

Pietro Longhi (ca 1701-1785)-'exhibition of a rhinoceros at Venice in 1751' London-National gallery

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1826-1755)-'Clara the rhinoceros in Paris in 1749'-oil on canvas Schwerin-Staatlichemuseum

Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart (1824-1896)-'rhinoceros'-sculpture-1878 Paris-Musée d'Orsay

Salvador Dalí (1904-1988)-'rhinoceros'-sculpture-1956 Marbella-Puerto José Banús

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