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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Sea Monster

🖼 The Sea Monster, c. 1498
Engraving
246 × 147 cm
New York, USA

Swirling chaos erupts as a sea monster drags a nude woman into turbulent waves, rendered in meticulous line-work and dramatic diagonal composition. Dürer's 1498 engraving synthesizes classical abduction mythology with Northern Renaissance technical virtuosity, establishing the print as a masterwork of German Renaissance printmaking.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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