THE SEA MONSTER
Circa 1498
Story:
With monogram
245×185 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Early 16th century
Watermark:
a high crown
Provenance:
in the Museum since 1937
Inv. Г-112049
Comments:
the impression is dated by watermark (М. 66, а)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
1) Inv. Г-5171, on paper with a watermark: coat of arms of Nuremberg (М. 209; Br. 921; 1591); made in the second half of the 16th century;
2) Inv. Г-2120, on paper without watermarks, but, judging from the greater clearness of strokes, was made earlier than the former