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Title:
The sea monster Object 1
Collection Title: Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection
Alternate Titles:
The Rape of Amymone
Glaucus and Syme
Accession Number: 1959.2084.000.000
Creator: Dürer, Albrecht
Place of birth: Germany
Creation Date: (c. 1498)
Object Category: print
Medium:
engraving
Material:
paper
ink
Description: engraving, printed in black ink.
Technique:
intaglio
State: unknown state
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image) 24.7 18.5 cm
Inscription: signed on plate, bot. c. "AD [monogram]"
Other Inscriptions: inscribed on former mount, bot.c., typed "Albrecht Duerer, 1471-1528 [1471-1528 underlined] (German) - The sea-monster. pre 1500. (Line engraving)."; bot. c. [below title], pencil: "Glaucus & Syme ("Das Meerwunder")."
Catalogue Raisonne: Bartsch 71
Credit Line: Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.
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