Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn
Cooper Hewitt

Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528 · 1516

Engraving on off-white laid paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

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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