Sea Centaur Combats Sea Monster

A pen and brown ink drawing divided into two horizontal registers of sea creatures. Below, a bearded sea centaur with a fish tail grapples with a winged sea monster whose jaws open toward him, while a small figure rides his back; above, a winged hippocampus-like beast carries a rider past a nude female figure with a tail.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

ca. 1805

Medium

Pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2927 px

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