# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9WND8j57e
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69183976-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-12T23:30:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

What's large enough to carry a castle upon its back, has no knees, and can rival a dragon? According to medieval bestiaries...the ELEPHANT.

Celebrate #WorldElephantDay with five facts.

📚🐘:
1. An Elephant, about 1510–1520, Cretan. Getty Museum
2. Two Elephants, about 1270, Franco-Flemish. Getty Museum
3. An Elephant, about 1250–1260, English. Getty Museum
4. A Dragon, about 1250–1260, English. Getty Museum
5. An Elephant Carrying Three Soldiers, 1277 or after, Franco-Flemish. Getty Museum
6. An Elephant, about 1510–1520, Cretan. Getty Museum

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