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Title: The Sea Monster
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description: Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.
Artist Life Dates: 1471-1528
Century: Late 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1498
Accession Number: 1956/1.74
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 10.21016
Creation Place 2: German

Title: Death of the Virgin (reverse copy after Schongauer)
Artist: Israhel Meckenem
Physical Description: A four-poster bed with curtains drawn back within an interior is angled towards the viewer, showing a woman reclined on the bed and attended by numerous figures. A lighted taper is placed in her hands, with assistance of a young man on the left side of the bed. Others of the figures stand or kneel with figures hands clasped in prayer; at the lower left corner are two men kneeling at the foot of the bead looking at a book of prayers. The overall effect is concern and movement around the still figure of the woman.
Artist Life Dates: d. 1503
Century: Late 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1490-1500
Accession Number: 1960/2.46
Medium and Support: engraving on fine off-white laid paper
relevance: rank 10.21016
Creation Place 2: German

Title: The Four Avenging Angels from the 'Apocalypse'
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description: This woodcut print is vertically oriented. The upper half of the piece is celestial with an angel standing on a cloud blowing a trumpet. Men on fire-breathing beasts exit from the clouds. At the very top center, a white-bearded figure, shown from the torso to the head, holds four trumpets. Rays emanate from his head to form a halo, and he is framed in a half circle. Directly below him is an altar with vines on the sides and four child-faces spitting water out. The upper right corner features an angel blowing a trumpet and the upper left features a smiling angel with hands clasped in prayer. The lower half of the print is terrestrial and depicts a chaotic battle scene. Four angels with wings and swords attack a crowd of men, including a pope, a bishop and a king, as well as commoners. These figures are all crowded into the foreground with contorted postures. There is a city on a hill visible in the distance. The center bottom has Dürer’s signature of letter "D" contained within a letter "A".
Artist Life Dates: (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1496-1498
Accession Number: 1980/1.214
Medium and Support: woodcut on laid paper
relevance: rank 10.21016
Creation Place 2: German

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Title: The Weavers Cycle: March of the Weavers (from a set of 6 prints)
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Physical Description: The scene depicts a group of figures marching in the foreground from the left to the right of the composition. A thin sliver of land can be seen in the background. A man in the center carries a scythe over his shoulder. A woman in the center right carries a child on her back.
Artist Life Dates: 1867-1945
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1897
Accession Number: 1956/1.21
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 10.21016
Creation Place 2: German

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