Wildschwein (Sus scrofa). Kupferstich für renommierte Säugetierarbeiten des deutschen Naturforschers Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810), der in den 1700er Jahren von 1775 bis 1792 erschienene mehrbändige „die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen“. Insgesamt sind die Säugetiere, die Schreber in dieser Arbeit vorstellt, als „Schrebers fantastische Bestien“ bekannt geworden. Die Gravur wurde später von Hand eingefärbt.
7178 x 9619 px | 60,8 x 81,4 cm | 23,9 x 32,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
22. Juli 2006
Ort:
Against plain background
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Hand-coloured antique engraving. It depicts a wild boar and was created by an unknown artist for a renowned work on mammals by the German naturalist, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739-1810). The wild boar, also called wild pig, is any of the wild members of the pig species 'sus scrofa'. It is sometimes called the European wild boar, is the largest of the wild pigs and is native to forests ranging from western and northern Europe and North Africa to India, the Andaman Islands and China. It has been introduced to the United States. It is bristly haired, blackish or brown in colour and stands up to 35 inches (90cm) tall at the shoulder. In Europe, the boar is one of the four heraldic beasts of the chase and a boar's head was long considered a special delicacy. Johan Christian Daniel Von Schreber (often styled I.C.D. von Schreber) studied in Germany and Sweden and worked as a medical doctor before beginning his most famous work, his multi-volume 'Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen' ('The Mammals in Accordance with Illustrations of Nature with Descriptions'), published from 1775 to 1792. It was illustrated by about 800 plates of the different mammals. The hand-coloured engraving of a wild boar was Plate CCCXXIII (333) in a Schreber volume printed c. 1785. Many of the animals were being given scientific names for the first time, according to the binomial system pioneered by the Swedish zoologist, Carl Linnaeus. It is likely that none of the artists responsible had actually seen any of the exotic animals they drew, relying instead on descriptions from explorers. Not surprisingly, many of the pictures are quite a long way from zoological reality. Collectively, they have come to be known as 'Schreber's Fantastic Beasts'. D1164.B3902
