Dürer’s Rhinoceros, 1515. At the time of this drawing, a live rhinoceros had not been seen in Europe since Roman times. Dürer based his drawing on descriptions of the animal and a rough sketch from an unknown artist. A live specimen finally arrived in Portugal in 1577, 62 years after Dürer completed his drawing and woodcut.
(submission from veiledisis)
the full moon over the parthenon. the moon here is at the point in its elliptical orbit closest to earth, called lunar perigee
