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The Rhinoceros, Clara, in the foreground, her keeper holding her horn and a whip behind her at center with various other spectators in Carnival masks

Publisher Joseph Wagner Italian
after ca. 1751
Not on view

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  • Title: The Rhinoceros, Clara, in the foreground, her keeper holding her horn and a whip behind her at center with various other spectators in Carnival masks
  • Artist: Alessandro Longhi (Italian, Venice 1733–1813 Venice)
  • Artist: After Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca) (Italian, Venice 1701–1785 Venice)
  • Publisher: Joseph Wagner (Italian, Thalendorf 1706–1780 Venice)
  • Date: after ca. 1751
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 20 1/4 in. (41.4 × 51.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.525.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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