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Foca (Seal) Miniature from folio 106r from Der naturen bloeme (KB KA 16) by Jacob van Maerlant. Depicts what the artist believed a seal to look like.
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Eleus (sea-calf) miniature from folio 106r from Der naturen bloeme (KB KA 16) by Jacob van Maerlant. Depicts the artists idea of what a sea-calf looks like.
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Lion next to the prophet Daniel A detail from the statue of Daniel, the lion is an allusion to Daniel's victory over the lions. This one is under his right foot.
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Whale next to the prophet Jonah A detail from the statue of Jonah, the sinuous silhouette of the whale, complete with toothy maw, seems to emerge as if from a Rococo fountain
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Cornuti (kind of snake) Miniature from folio 123r from Der naturen bloeme (KB KA 16) by Jacob van Maerlant
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Rhinoceros engraving on laid paper
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 24.1 x 34.5 cm (9 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)
Bartsch, no. 47
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Ocelot: the evolution of taxidermy A detail from the Museum für Naturkunde's "Ocelot: the evolution of taxidermy". The focus is on a mounted ocelot from 1818 done by a taxidermist who had never seen a live ocelot and had nothing but the skin and a few sketches of the animal, lacking basic anatomical knowledge.
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Perna (Oyster) Miniature from folio 108v from Der naturen bloeme (KB KA 16) by Jacob van Maerlant
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Leo the Lion
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The Kongouro from New Holland A small kangaroo perched on a rock in left profile but looking back over its left shoulder, with a valley of light scrub behind backed by mountains and a cloudy sky.