Fishermen Catching a Sea Monster
Adamo Scultori
1560–1570
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 21 × 31.4 cm (8 5/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Engraving
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
engravingprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
Adamo Scultori came from a lineage of Italian engravers. He was taught by his father, Giovanni Battista Scultori, who worked with Giulio Romano, the inventor of this image. The central fish head, belonging to a mythical monster, relates the print to a secular tradition of Roman seagoing gods and beasts.
