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The Haul of Monstrous Fish

mid-1500s

Adamo Scultori

(Italian, c. 1530–1585)

after Giulio Romano

(Italian, 1492/99–1546)
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Medium
engraving
Support
Cream(1) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 20.7 x 31.2 cm (8 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1922.487
Catalogue raisonné
Bartsch 106 (XV.429)
Public Domain
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Location
101A Prints & Drawings
Print

Description

Adamo belonged to a prominent family of printmakers in Mantua. This engraving is based on a preparatory drawing by Giulio Romano that relates to a fresco he painted in 1527 in the Sala dei Venti (Room of the Winds) in the Palazzo del Tè in Mantua.
A horizontally oriented engraving in black ink on cream paper depicts numerous muscular, partially nude men in two wooden boats hauling a large sea creature with a scaly, curled body and prominent eye. Centrally, a man raises a trident while others pull a heavy net. To the right, another man holds a small fish aloft. Stylized, swirling waves fill the foreground against a light, plain sky.

The Haul of Monstrous Fish

mid-1500s

Adamo Scultori, Giulio Romano

(Italian, c. 1530–1585), (Italian, 1492/99–1546)
Italy, 16th century

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