Description
English: Drawing collected by Felix Platter, to be used in Historiae animalium. The second volume contained drawings of mammals – varying from dogs, sheep and deer to panthers, tigers and camels – and insects, reptiles and amphibians. The drawings were made by several artists, mostly anonymous.
Nederlands: Tekeningen verzameld door Felix Platter, voor gebruik in de encyclopedie Historiae animalium (1551–1558). Het tweede volume bevat afbeeldingen van uiteenlopende zoogdieren – waaronder honden, schapen en herten, maar ook panters, tijgers en kamelen – en van insecten, reptielen en amfibieën. De tekeningen werden gemaakt door verschillende kunstenaars, veelal anoniem.
Date between 1546 and 1558
Source Bijzondere collectie Universiteit van Amsterdam
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animal_drawings_collected_by_Felix_Platter,_p2_-_(76).jpg
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in India (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park). |
