Study of Giraffe Matted Print Medieval

Study of Giraffe Matted Print MedievalThis well known image, a favorite in the Morgan Shop, was part of an album formed by a nineteenth century collector in the south of France. As a specialist in depicting animals, Nicolas Het (1770 1828), the son of Jean Baptiste, was the official painter for the Muse d'Histoire Naturelle de la Mnagerie, Paris. He must have been one of the first to paint the celebrated giraffe, the belle enfant des tropiques, the first ever to be seen in France. The

does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: copies of the Holy Bible

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Tucked inside his loose overall strap

From Salvador Dali's pet ocelot Babou to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's menagerie of cats

and Lord Byron's physician

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of love lost

We encounter his hybrid creatures

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as well as one of the most extraordinary series of portraits and self-portraits in history

The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator

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