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Design for a vase with fantastical creatures reminiscent of a mermaid and merman, from Livre de Vases (Book of Vases), plate 11
A. Bouchet
After François Boucher
Publisher Gabriel Huquier
1742–50
Vase with a Group of Mermaids, Mermen and Sea Centaurs, René Boyvin French, Engraving
Vase with a Group of Mermaids, Mermen and Sea Centaurs
Multiple artists/makers
17th century (late)
Design for a Knife Handle with the Marriage at Cana, Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish, Engraving and blackwork
Design for a Knife Handle with the Marriage at Cana
Johann Theodor de Bry
1580–1600
Vase with a Group of Mermaids, Mermen and Sea Centaurs
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1670–90
Armorer's vise, Jacopo da Ferrara Italian, Iron, Northern Italian
Armorer's vise
Jacopo da Ferrara
1588
Merman (one of six), Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian, Hard-paste porcelain, silver, Italian, Florence
Merman (one of six)
Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
1750–55
Merman (one of six), Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian, Hard-paste porcelain, silver, Italian, Florence
Merman (one of six)
Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
1750–55
Design for an underwater scene, Louis C. Tiffany American, Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, metallic ink, and graphite on artist board, American
Design for an underwater scene
Multiple artists/makers
late 19th–early 20th century
Window with marine motifs, design for Fishmongers’ Hall, London, John Dibblee Crace British, Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor
Window with marine motifs, design for Fishmongers’ Hall, London
John Dibblee Crace
Former Attribution John Gregory Crace
1898
Old Shad & Young, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race", Henry Louis Stephens American, Color lithograph with watercolor and gum
Old Shad & Young, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"
Henry Louis Stephens
Publisher Samuel Robinson
Lithographer Rosenthal
1851
Plate 130: Scylla and Glaucus (Deus marinus effectus Glaucus Scyllae nuptias ambit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching
Plate 130: Scylla and Glaucus (Deus marinus effectus Glaucus Scyllae nuptias ambit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
Pampano, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, Allen & Ginter American, Commercial color lithograph
Pampano, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Publisher Issued by Allen & Ginter
Lithographer Lithography by Lindner, Eddy & Claus
1889
Woman with Shield Seated on Seamonster, from "Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata/ Liber Secundus/et ab Enea Vico Parmen Incis", Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian, Engraving; third state
Woman with Shield Seated on Seamonster, from "Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata/ Liber Secundus/et ab Enea Vico Parmen Incis"
Multiple artists/makers
published ca. 1599–1622
The Sea Monster (Das Meerwunder), Albrecht Dürer German, Engraving
The Sea Monster (Das Meerwunder)
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1498
Figure of a Nereid, Bernard Palissy French, Lead-glazed earthenware, French, Fontainebleau
Figure of a Nereid
School of Bernard Palissy
1600–1610
Merman (one of six), Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian, Hard-paste porcelain, silver, Italian, Florence
Merman (one of six)
Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
1750–55
Merman (one of six), Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian, Hard-paste porcelain, silver, Italian, Florence
Merman (one of six)
Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
1750–55
Taliliajuuq Swimming Under the Sea, Jacoposee Tiglik First Nations, Stencil
Taliliajuuq Swimming Under the Sea
Jacoposee Tiglik
1992
Sardonyx cameo with a nereid riding on Triton's back, Sardonyx, Greek or Roman
Sardonyx cameo with a nereid riding on Triton's back
Greek or Roman
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Thetis Transporting Arms for Achilles, William Theed the Elder British, Bronze, British
Thetis Transporting Arms for Achilles
William Theed the Elder
ca. 1804–12
Gudgeon and Shark, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race", Henry Louis Stephens American, Color lithograph with watercolor and gum
Gudgeon and Shark, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"
Henry Louis Stephens
Publisher Samuel Robinson
Lithographer Rosenthal
1851
Woman of the Arctic Sea, Pitaloosie Saila First Nations, Stonecut
Woman of the Arctic Sea
Pitaloosie Saila
1975
Dish, Saint-Jean-du-Désert, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), French, Marseilles
Dish
Factory Saint-Jean-du-Désert
After an engraving by Bernard Salomon
late 17th century
Grouper, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, Allen & Ginter American, Commercial color lithograph
Grouper, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Publisher Issued by Allen & Ginter
Lithographer Lithography by Lindner, Eddy & Claus
1889
Siren, Colonna family, Rome, Bronze, Italian, Rome
Siren
Patron possibly commissioned by the Colonna
ca. 1600
Pull of Engraved Firearm Ornament, Gulielmo Plecso Italian, Ink, paper, Italian, Venice
Pull of Engraved Firearm Ornament
Designer Signed by Gulielmo Plecso
1600–1650
Plate 104: Peleus Embracing Thetis (Peleus Thetide vinculis coarctata potitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching
Plate 104: Peleus Embracing Thetis (Peleus Thetide vinculis coarctata potitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
Une Sirène entre Deux Vaisseaux (A Siren between Two Ships), plate 17 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters), Jacques Callot French, Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Une Sirène entre Deux Vaisseaux (A Siren between Two Ships), plate 17 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)
Jacques Callot
Publisher François Langlois
1621–35
Apothecary jar (albarello), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian
Apothecary jar (albarello)
Italian
17th century
Enrag'd Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Enrag'd Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"
John Hamilton Mortimer
December 8, 1778
In Strange Seas, George Willoughby Maynard American, Oil on canvas, American
In Strange Seas
George Willoughby Maynard
1889
Triton and Siren in Tendrils, Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, Engraving
Triton and Siren in Tendrils
Lucas van Leyden
ca. 1510

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