Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707–1788) - Rhinoceros in a Rocky Landscape – Hand-Colored Engraving (1764)

"Le Rhinoceros" presents a zoological study of the Indian rhinoceros in full profile, its heavy folded hide, curved horn, and massive legs rendered against a landscape of cliffs, river, and clouded sky. Issued in Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, published in Paris in 1764, the print exemplifies the refined natural history illustration of the French Enlightenment.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, was a French naturalist and author whose monumental Histoire naturelle became one of the most influential scientific works of the Enlightenment.

Artist or Maker: Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Dimensions: Approximately 25 cm x 20 cm.
Medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper.
Date: 1764.

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