print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1862,1011.549
- Description
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Broadside advertising the exhibition of the elephant 'Hansken'; thirteen images of the elephant performing tricks with at centre the elephant holding a flag with his trunk, accompanied by an Indian; surrounded by twelve small depictions of the elephant performing various actions; with Dutch captions describing the tricks
Engraving
- Production date
- 1670 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 230 millimetres
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Width: 216 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is a later version of a print made around 1642-1646 to advertise the performances of the elephant 'Hansken' which was drawn by Rembrandt around 1637; for comment see Gg,2.259.
See also Muller 1854 for a similar representation of a performing elephant exhibited in Amsterdam in 1641; and 1870,0625.55 for a broadside advertising the exhibition of an elephant in Frankfurt in 1629, engraved by Hollar.
Literature: M. Roscam Abbing, 'Rembrandt's Elephant: The Story of Hansken', Amsterdam, 2006, pp.33-39.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1862
- Acquisition notes
- 1862,1011.412 to 670 are listed as having come from the sale of J J A Fillinham at Puttick & Simpson on 6-8 August 1862. They comprised lot numbers 332, 339, 345, 402, 433, 569, 570, 571, 573, 577 and 578.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1862,1011.549
