In 1587 Gabriel Kaltemarckt advised Christian I of Saxony that three types of item were indispensable in forming a Kunstkammer or art collection: firstly sculptures and paintings; secondly curious items from home or abroad; and thirdly antlers, horns, claws, feathers and other things belonging to strange and curious animals".[7] When Albrecht D??rer visited the Netherlands in 1521, apart from