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[Arsinoitherium attacked by pterodons] [art original] / Charles R. Knight

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 763

Scope and Contents

Four-horned rhinoceros-like animal defending itself against by two small prehistoric hyenas in foreground, another attack occuring in background.

Dates

  • 1907

Creator

Extent

1 Object : 1 painting : oil on board ; 51 x 34 cm., in wooden frame, 66 x 54 x 2 cm.

Related Materials

AMNH negative no. 35832.

General

Signed and dated at lower left.

General

Indexed in: (1) Czerkas, S.M. and Glut, D.F. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and cavemen: the art of Charles R. Knight. New York: Dutton, 1982. p. 56. (2) Osborn, H.F. The age of mammals. New York: MacMillan, 1921. p. 201

Title
Arsinoitherium attacked by pterodons, painting by Charles R. Knight
Author
Iris Lee
Date
2018
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

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