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. Object Type: copper engraving print, print. Genre: mythological painting. Date: circa 1498. Place of creation: Nuremberg. Dimensions: height: 25.2 cm (9.9 in); width: 19 cm (7.4 in). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, The Sea Monster, ca. 1498 (CH 18418385-2)
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