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DÜRER, Albrecht: Walrus

🖼 Walrus, 1521
Pen drawing with watercolours
206 × 315 cm
London, United Kingdom

Exotic tusks and wrinkled hide dominate this woodcut, rendered with Dürer's precise linework and dramatic contrasts. The walrus fascinated Renaissance Europe as a rare exotic creature, symbolizing distant lands and artistic mastery through meticulous observation.

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