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Adamo Scultori

Fishermen Catching a Sea Monster

1560/70
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
21 × 31.4 cm (8.3 × 12.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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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