Coat of arms of the von rogendorff family, based on a large woodcut by albrecht dürer made around 1520, for which the master received seven ells of velvet as compensation. The proportions of the individual parts of the coat of arms have been changed: the jewel takes up almost half of the entire height. The shape of the helmet cover characterizes all of dürer's coat of arms drawings. The depiction of the animals is naturalistic. (meyers konversations-lexikon, 1888; ibid. : development of the art of coat of arms, double-sided color map). Colin eisler, dürer's noah's ark. Animals and mythical creatures in the work of albrecht dürer. Munich 1996 (first published in 1991): "the peacock's magnificent plumage must have caught dürer's attention. Nevertheless, we know of no significant study of this bird, whose precious flesh is praised as much as its wonderful feathers. A peacock can be found under the wheel of fortune in the woodcut the fox and time turn the wheel of fortune. As it obviously feels out of place here, it indignantly does not unfold its plumage. In dürer's coat of arms woodcut from 1520, twelve peacock feathers are stuck in the buffalo horns that grow out of the roggendorf crown. The work was created in antwerp, where such feathers were imported. They form a fan of rays around the threateningly erect, crowned roggendorf lion. By creating such a bombastic coat of arms, dürer, who loved to dress up all his life, was given the opportunity to become a peacock himself, because the rich brothers paid him seven yards of precious silk velvet. ". Date: 1520.
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