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Album Sheet with a Bison

Image courtesy Rijksmuseum | CC0 1.0

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Date

c.1520

Description

Bisons were not completely unknown in Europe during the 16th century. For instance, Margaret of Austria kept ‘wild cows’ in her menagerie in Leuven, and Emperor Maximilian I of Austria was presented with a gift of five bisons when he visited Nuremberg in 1501.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy Rijksmuseum

Location

Nuremberg, Germany

Country

Germany