When Rembrandt met an elephant
When Rembrandt met an elephant Hanskens skull and other items on display in the exhibition Hansken, Rembrandts Elephant at the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on July 1, 2021. An exhibition in Amsterdam explores the wandering life and untimely death of Hansken, an Asian elephant who became a spectacle in 17th-century Europe. Julia Gunther/The New York Times. by Nina Siegal (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- In Rembrandts 1638 etching Adam and Eve in Paradise, there are two symbols of good and evil. A dragon hovers over the couple as they contemplate the forbidden apple, representi...
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