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Study of the Giraffe Decorative Plate Medieval there's a dazzling array ofThis well known image, a favorite in the Morgan Shop, was part of an album formed by a nineteenth century collector in the south of France. As a specialist in depicting animals, Nicolas Het (1770 1828), the son of Jean Baptiste, was the official painter for the Muse d'Histoire Naturelle de la Mnagerie, Paris. He must have been one of the first to paint the celebrated giraffe, the belle enfant des tropiques, the first ever to be seen in France. The