The Sea Monster
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1498
name: label: Print Maker
content: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Set in a rocky landscape with a castle overlooking a bluff, a sea monster is seen in the foreground carrying off a nude woman on his back. Off the shore, left middle distance, three nude women frolic in the water, while two men are seen on the bank nearby, one trying to chase after the monster.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-30-7
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)