About the Artwork
The Sea Monster
1498
Albrecht Dürer
1471-1528
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 inches (25.1 × 18.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S392
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower center:[artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]
Provenance
October 1887, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany) Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Dodgson, C. Albrecht Durer. New York, 1967, no. 30.
Luttikhuizen, Henry, ed. Stirring the World: Germany Printmaking in the Age of Luther. Exh. cat., Center Art Gallery, Calvin College. Grand Rapids, 2017, pp. 136-137 (pl. 39).
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Albrecht Dürer, The Sea Monster, 1498, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S392.
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