Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

1510

Medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper
Genre: Figure
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pluto, riding a unicorn, galloping out of a swirl of sea-foam on the rocks at left, carries off the young Proserpine. Above, swirling clouds display the monogram of Dürer and date "1516".

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