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Etching of a rearing unicorn carrying a nude woman and a bearded man across rocky ground under billowing clouds.

The Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

An etching showing a rearing unicorn carrying two figures: a nude woman held in the arms of a muscular bearded man who leans over its back. The dark, finely hatched lines describe a stormy sky with billowing clouds, a rocky hillside, and a distant landscape on white paper.

Artist
Hieronymous Hopfer
Date
n.d.
Medium
Etching on white laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2217 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1550).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections