DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.52770#0058
D U R E R
Berlin
252X190 ; 248 x 187
30. THE SEA MONSTER
.B.71 O.21 H. 801 22.125 M.20 K.16 22.(24) Bw.28 Engraving
Signature : monogram on the water in centre at foot of plate.
Date: about 1501.
Watermarks : ‘ bull’s head ’ (Ha.i), ‘ Gothic p ’ (Ha.3), ‘ high crown ’ (Ha.4).
Drawing: naked woman reclining, dated 1501, in the Albertina (L.466). The
woman was also inspired by Jacopo de’ Barbari’s engraving, “ Victory,” B.23.
This engraving was named by Diirer himself in his Netherlands Journal, “ the sea
monster ” (das Meerwunder). A group freely copied from it on one of the pieces of
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Berlin
252X190 ; 248 x 187
30. THE SEA MONSTER
.B.71 O.21 H. 801 22.125 M.20 K.16 22.(24) Bw.28 Engraving
Signature : monogram on the water in centre at foot of plate.
Date: about 1501.
Watermarks : ‘ bull’s head ’ (Ha.i), ‘ Gothic p ’ (Ha.3), ‘ high crown ’ (Ha.4).
Drawing: naked woman reclining, dated 1501, in the Albertina (L.466). The
woman was also inspired by Jacopo de’ Barbari’s engraving, “ Victory,” B.23.
This engraving was named by Diirer himself in his Netherlands Journal, “ the sea
monster ” (das Meerwunder). A group freely copied from it on one of the pieces of
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