File:Print, The Sea Monster, ca. 1498 (CH 18418385-2).jpg

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Albrecht Dürer: The Sea Monster  wikidata:Q7762767 reasonator:Q7762767
Artist
Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Alternative names
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Nuremberg
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
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artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
German:
Das Meerwunder Edit this at Wikidata

The Sea Monster
title QS:P1476,de:"Das Meerwunder Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Das Meerwunder Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"El monstruo marino"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Monstre marin"
label QS:Lhe,"מפלצת הים"
label QS:Lnl,"Het zeemonster"
label QS:Len,"The Sea Monster"
label QS:Luk,"Морське чудовисько"
Object type copper engraving print / print Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythology Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: 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.
Date circa 1498
date QS:P571,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium engraving on laid paper
Dimensions height: 25.2 cm (9.9 in); width: 19 cm (7.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,25.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1957-30-7
Place of creation Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line 1957: given by Mrs. Leo Wallerstein
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  • Type: print
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