Frieze with Sea Monsters

Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
1580–1600
Not on view
Frieze with five sea monsters, each with wings, horse-like front legs, serpentine tails, and heads of various beasts and animals, including that of a horse at far right. From a series of five plates after Giovanni Andrea Maglioli (SKB 4350).

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Object Information
  • Title: Frieze with Sea Monsters
  • Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach)
  • Artist: after Giovanni Andrea Maglioli (Italian, active 1580–1610)
  • Date: 1580–1600
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 1 1/2 × 8 9/16 in. (3.8 × 21.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.658.13(6)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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