Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn, Dürer engraving (1516)

An engraving showing a nude woman struggling against a man on a rearing unicorn, beside a dark tree and a cloudy sky with a round sun marked 1516 and a monogram. A distant landscape with a fence and small figures lies to the right. Fine parallel hatching models the bodies, horse, and clouds in dense tonal shading.

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Date

1516

Medium

Engraving on off-white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2820 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum