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Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn
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Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528 · 1516 · Engraving on off-white laid paper

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Pluto, riding a unicorn, galloping out of a swirl of sea-foam on the rocks at left, carries off the young Proserpine. Above, swirling clouds display the monogram of Dürer and date "1516".

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Credit lineAbduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn. 1516. Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of George Campbell Cooper. CC0.
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