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

In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 21

fol. 21 (38 of 123 in-Urus figures)
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Elk antler (Cornu Alces). In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 21 Part of Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter ◼

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  • ⇥ Elk antler (Froschauer 1551) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼
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  • Elk antler (Iconclass: 25FF24(ELK)(+332))
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  • Cornu Alces
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  • 2021-10-13 13:37

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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-12-09 07:03)

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