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Fishermen Catching a Sea Monster

Adamo Scultori (Italian, c. 1530-1587)LinkedCulture matchlcp-81fcdcce95a4

Date: 1560/70
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Culture: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 110766

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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.

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Credit line: Gift of Bernard F. Rogers, Sr.

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Object type: AAT300041273

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