David Kandel

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Rhinoceros by David Kandel published in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia around 1550. The ressemblance with Dürer's famous woodcut of a Rhinoceros is evident.

David Kandel Renaissance-Artist.

David Kandel was the son of a Straßburg citizen and was probably born in this town. We don't know much about his live only two dates are known for sure: he married in 1554 and was named "owner of a house" in 1587. David Kandel became famous because of his numerous woodcuts depicting bible-scenes, portraits and studies of animals (e.g. the Rinoceros ind the Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster). His most famous works were maps (e.g. the world map in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia) and the botanical woodcuts in the "Kreuterbuch" of Hieronymus Bock.

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