Albrecht Dürer Pig

Albrecht Dürer pig in the Hundshaupten wildlife park

The Albrecht Dürer pig is a backbreeding of the medieval domestic pig . The back-breeding is based on the work of the German artist Albrecht Dürer .

history

Albrecht Dürer - The Prodigal Son (around 1496)

Through continuous breeding, the domestic pig, as it was kept in the Middle Ages, became extinct. We owe our knowledge of the appearance of the pigs back then to the artist Albrecht Dürer, who has reproduced them realistically in several works. Based on these works, the medieval domestic pig could be bred back from blind pigs .

Usage today

Today the Albrecht Dürer pig is only kept in zoos and game enclosures in order to give a vivid impression of the domestic pigs around 1500. Examples can be seen in the Hundshaupten Wildlife Park and the Franconian Open Air Museum in Bad Windsheim .

Web links

Commons : Albrecht-Dürer-Schwein  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Albrecht Dürer pig on the homepage of the Hundshaupten wildlife park in Upper Franconia
• The Albrecht Dürer pig on zootierliste.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ zootierliste.de - Albrecht-Dürer-Schwein, accessed on May 20, 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b} hundshaupten.de ( Memento from September 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - Albrech-Dürer-Schwein, accessed on May 20, 2011
3. ↑ Excursion to the Hundshaupten Wildlife Park ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on September 24, 2018.
4. ↑ http://www.frankfurt-live.com/front_content.php?idcat=185&idart=46900 ( Memento from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - Josephi begins bricking, Elke Backert, November 9, 2010, accessed on September 24, 2018.