hippocamp seen from front, with very curly mane, slightly off-center, open mouth and long curving sea serpent tail; corners of sheet clipped

Sea Dragon, 16th-17th century

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Bequest of Professor Alfred Moirexpand_more  2012.58.172

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Details
Title
Sea Dragon
Artist Life
(Lucca), c. 1562 - after 1614
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.172
Provenance
[Claude Apcher, London; sold for £60, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (until d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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hippocamp seen from front, with very curly mane, slightly off-center, open mouth and long curving sea serpent tail; corners of sheet clipped