impression:T85934

Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T85934

Bison

(Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)

Details

Matrices

Simon Fokke (printmaker), Bison (Meijer 1772)

Actors

Simon Fokke (1 September 1712 - 10 April 1784) printmaker

Places

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-50.742) storage place

Design

Simon Fokke (printmaker), Bison (Meijer 1772) Part of Set for Vosmaer's Regnum animale (Meijer) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Wisent (der Buckelochse. Bison jubatus) ◼
⇤ Gerrit van den Heuvel (draughtsman), Bison Jubatus (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections)

Expert view

Iconography description

Travelling American Bison, captured ca 1763, exhibited 1766–1772

References

Matrices' graphic catalogue entries

Faust, Zoologische Einblattdrucke: 414.2

Web resources

digital copy (Rijksmuseum)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-02-08 18:32)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-08-28 09:02)