About this artwork
Like the nearby Four Dogs (2013.437), this etching reflects Reinhart’s affection for hunting. In most of his depictions of animals, he included the entire body, but he truncated this image of a buffalo. It may be reference to the well-known practice of mounting animal heads and other parts as trophies after a successful hunt.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Johann Christian Reinhart
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Title
- Head of a Buffalo, from Die Zweite Thierfolge
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Place
- Germany (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1800
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Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Plate: 14.7 × 10.6 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 17.7 × 13.2 cm (7 × 5 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 2013.442
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/129575/manifest.json