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Engraving of a nude woman held on a rearing unicorn by a man, with clouds, a sun marked 1516, and a distant landscape.

Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

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
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1516).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: Rapto de Proserpina sobre un unicornio, grabado de Durero (1516)

Un grabado que muestra a una mujer desnuda forcejeando con un hombre sobre un unicornio encabritado, junto a un árbol oscuro y un cielo nublado con un sol redondo marcado 1516 y un monograma. Al fondo a la derecha se ve un paisaje con una cerca y figuras pequeñas. El sombreado fino de líneas paralelas modela los cuerpos, el caballo y las nubes.

Português: Rapto de Prosérpina sobre um unicórnio, gravura de Dürer (1516)

Uma gravura que mostra uma mulher nua lutando contra um homem sobre um unicórnio empinado, ao lado de uma árvore escura e um céu nublado com um sol redondo marcado 1516 e um monograma. À direita, uma paisagem distante com uma cerca e pequenas figuras. Hachuras finas e paralelas modelam os corpos, o cavalo e as nuvens.

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