Date: Monday 22 February 2027

Time: 5.30pm for a 6.00 pm start

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Friends Spring Lecture

Dürer’s enduring Rhinoceros
To be given by Olenka Horbatsch, PhD 

The first rhinoceros to arrive on European soil since the 3rd century AD caused a sensation.  It was immortalised in Albrecht Dürer’s famous woodcut of 1515.  Although the German artist never saw the animal, his woodcut became one of the most influential images in Western art.  Probably no other depiction of an animal has exerted such a profound influence on the arts – despite its inaccuracies, Dürer’s extraordinary image of the rhinoceros has endured.  This talk considers Dürer’s rhinoceros in context, and the long reception of this iconic image.

Olenka is (since 2017) the curator of Dutch, Flemish and German prints and drawings at The British Museum.  Before joining the Museum, she completed her PhD at the University of Toronto on Netherlandish printmaking and obtained museum experience in Toronto, Berlin and Amsterdam. Her exhibition projects include Early Netherlandish drawings, Rembrandt and printmaking at the court of Rudolf II in Prague.

Refunds, minus a £5 admin fee (per ticket), will be offered, upon request, to anyone cancelling for any reason up to six working days before an event.  After this time, no refunds are available.