Author Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
Title The Monstrous Sow of Landser
Alternative title(s):
Deutsch: Die missgebildete Sau von Landser
English: Monstrous Pig of Landser
Description eight-footed, four-eared, two-tongued
Date circa 1496
Medium engraving
Provenance:
G. L. Bradley Collection, Washington (Lugt 288b) (Bartsch 95; Meder, Hollstein 82)
Sold on 19 April 2011 by Christie's, London, for £3,125.00 (Sale #5451).[1]
Inscriptions watermark High Crown, with thread margins
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BCrer,_Albrecht_%E2%80%94_The_Monstrous_Sow_of_Landser_%E2%80%94_circa_1496.jpg
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine or Eurasian wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its range further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform. |
