Neptune on a Sea Monster

c. 1520/1525

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows a seated male figure resting on a creature with a dragon-like head. The figure has curly hair and is nude, holding a trident in one hand and cloth in the other arm. The background has horizontal lines, adding depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 2.5 × 4.5 cm (1 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.403

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 36, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G., Boerner, Leipzig, sale CLXI, May 10-15, 1929, lot 17); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 162, a.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 36, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64952539

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