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"Perseus Rescuing Andromeda" Oil on Canvas Large Old Master Painting
"Perseus Rescuing Andromeda" Oil on Canvas Large Old Master Painting

"Perseus Rescuing Andromeda" Oil on Canvas Large Old Master Painting

Located in Bradenton, FL

Painting depicts the dramatic scene from Greek mythology where Perseus, the hero, saves the princess Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. Painting captures the moment of heroism wit...

Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Spanish Silver Nef
Spanish Silver Nef

Spanish Silver Nef

Located in Skanninge, SE

From the hanging anchor, dolphins, sea monsters, flags, and 10 "crew members" all done with great care and quality.

Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Ptolemaic Map of Ceylon or nowadays Sri Lanka
Antique Ptolemaic Map of Ceylon or nowadays Sri Lanka

Antique Ptolemaic Map of Ceylon or nowadays Sri Lanka

Located in Langweer, NL

A small part of India is incorrectly shown in the northeast corner of the map. The stipple engraved sea is filled with an oriental ship and two great sea monsters.

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Handcrafted Sterling Silver Dolphin Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia
Handcrafted Sterling Silver Dolphin Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia

Handcrafted Sterling Silver Dolphin Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia

By Missiaglia 1846

Located in New York, NY

The pieces depict stylized dolphins (fantastical sea monsters) wrapping around tridents. They are replete with incredible details including striated tails and fins, and incredibly fi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Ancient Greek Silver Distater Coin from Thurium , 400 BC, British Museum
Ancient Greek Silver Distater Coin from Thurium , 400 BC, British Museum

Ancient Greek Silver Distater Coin from Thurium , 400 BC, British Museum

Located in London, GB

The obverse with the head of Athena, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a Skylla; a sea monster with a fish tail, the body of a woman and with the head of a dog emerg...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Historical Memora...

Materials

Silver

Tibetan Water Dragon Kyungbur Trunk
Tibetan Water Dragon Kyungbur Trunk

Tibetan Water Dragon Kyungbur Trunk

Located in Chicago, IL

Pictured in the central medallion is a Tibetan-style water dragon, depicted with the elephant-like trunk of a makara, or sea monster. In each claw, the serpentine dragon grasps a col...

Category

Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

Pair of French Louis Phillipe Napoleonic Carved Mahogany Armchairs, circa 1840
Pair of French Louis Phillipe Napoleonic Carved Mahogany Armchairs, circa 1840

Pair of French Louis Phillipe Napoleonic Carved Mahogany Armchairs, circa 1840

Located in Shippensburg, PA

The open arms are bold and substantial with curled foliage at the joint of the arm with the chair back, this round arm curving down into a sea-monster with beautifully detailed scale...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Early Map of Puerto Rico Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571
Early Map of Puerto Rico Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571

Early Map of Puerto Rico Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571

Located in Langweer, NL

Includes decorative cartouche, 4 sea monsters and a compass rose. Also shows the Virgin Islands, with a large St.

Category

Antique 16th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

17th Century Huge French Old Master Painting Perseus on Pegasus with Andromeda
17th Century Huge French Old Master Painting Perseus on Pegasus with Andromeda

17th Century Huge French Old Master Painting Perseus on Pegasus with Andromeda

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The painting shows the hero Perseus flying through the air in combat to kill the sea monster who has come to kill Andromeda, who has been chained to a cliff by the sea shore for him.

Category

17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swedish Art Deco Scone by Arno Glossner for Bohlmarks, Sweden, 1938
Swedish Art Deco Scone by Arno Glossner for Bohlmarks, Sweden, 1938

Swedish Art Deco Scone by Arno Glossner for Bohlmarks, Sweden, 1938

By Glossner AB, Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik

Located in Stockholm, SE

The artwork resonates with the imagery of Leviathan, a colossal sea monster resembling a massive fish or whale.

Category

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Pewter

Italian Vintage Set of 6 Fish Shaped Plates in Glazed Majolica Ceramics
Italian Vintage Set of 6 Fish Shaped Plates in Glazed Majolica Ceramics

Italian Vintage Set of 6 Fish Shaped Plates in Glazed Majolica Ceramics

By Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro

Located in Roma, IT

The design of these fish seems to have come out of an ancient fairy tale book, or from an 18th century engraving depicting disturbing sea monsters. Typical of Portuguese ceramics suc...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Map of Hampshire County, Britain/England, from Camden's" Britannia" in 1607
Map of Hampshire County, Britain/England, from Camden's" Britannia" in 1607

Map of Hampshire County, Britain/England, from Camden's" Britannia" in 1607

By John Norden

Located in Alamo, CA

This attractive hand colored map of Hampshire County, England includes a colorful compass rose in the lower right corner above the names of the cartographer, John Norden and one of t...

Category

Early 1600s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Late 16th Century Florentine School Perseus Freeing Andromeda
Late 16th Century Florentine School Perseus Freeing Andromeda

Late 16th Century Florentine School Perseus Freeing Andromeda

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

The painting presents Andromeda, chaste and elegantly nude, in a pose that conveys both her vulnerability and dignity, while Perseus, the mythological hero, is portrayed in full acti...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

STATUE OF NEPTUNE IN CEMENT HEIGHT 184 CM WITH HORPOON AND WITH BASE 20th H: 246
STATUE OF NEPTUNE IN CEMENT HEIGHT 184 CM WITH HORPOON AND WITH BASE 20th H: 246

STATUE OF NEPTUNE IN CEMENT HEIGHT 184 CM WITH HORPOON AND WITH BASE 20th H: 246

Located in Madrid, ES

According to mythology he lived at the bottom of the sea and commanded sea monsters and storms. He is often represented standing on a chariot pulled by sea horses, and with a trident...

Category

20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cement

Ireland: A Framed 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jan Jannson
Ireland: A Framed 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jan Jannson

Ireland: A Framed 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jan Jannson

By Johannes Janssonius

Located in Alamo, CA

The map is embellished with three sailing ships and a sea monster. Western portions of Scotland and England are included on the right, with royal coats-of-arms centrally.

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

17th Century Hand-Colored Map of West Africa by Mercator/Hondius
17th Century Hand-Colored Map of West Africa by Mercator/Hondius

17th Century Hand-Colored Map of West Africa by Mercator/Hondius

Located in Alamo, CA

It is focused on the modern day African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Benin. A sea monster is seen in the Ethiopicus Ocean (the Gulf of Gui...

Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Maps

Materials

Paper

Rare Antique Map of the Americas with Island California by Danckerts, c.1680
Rare Antique Map of the Americas with Island California by Danckerts, c.1680

Rare Antique Map of the Americas with Island California by Danckerts, c.1680

Located in Langweer, NL

The oceans are filled with sailing ships and sea monsters, adding to the visual interest and romantic allure typical of the period.

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Maps

Materials

Paper

English Antique Victorian Gothic Carved Oak-Leaf Writing Library Table Desk
English Antique Victorian Gothic Carved Oak-Leaf Writing Library Table Desk

English Antique Victorian Gothic Carved Oak-Leaf Writing Library Table Desk

Located in Shippensburg, PA

The center of the apron holds a single full-width drawer retaining its original cast bronze hanging pulls in a circular form of opposing sea monsters. It is such a well-balanced and...

Category

Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

French 18th Century Oil On Canvas Painting Nude Woman Andromeda
French 18th Century Oil On Canvas Painting Nude Woman Andromeda

French 18th Century Oil On Canvas Painting Nude Woman Andromeda

Located in Firenze, IT

Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopea, attached to a rock on the walls of Philistia with chains waits to be saved by her beloved Perseus that will kill the sea monster who wan...

Category

18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960s Dutch Papier Mache Green Monster Carnival Parade Head
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Green Monster Carnival Parade Head

1960s Dutch Papier Mache Green Monster Carnival Parade Head

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This "Green Monster" head resembles a sea creature or swamp monster, he originally had a smoking pipe...

Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

Materials

Paper

Moving Face in a Blue Sea 1979 Lithograph
Moving Face in a Blue Sea 1979 Lithograph

Moving Face in a Blue Sea 1979 Lithograph

By Karel Appel

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Karel Appel Moving Face in a Blue Sea  1979 Animals and monsters series Print - Lithograph 22.0'' x 30'' inches Edition: signed in pencil and marked HC Karel Appel is one of the fo...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Antique French Aubusson Tapestry, Hippocampus Greek Mythological Wall Hanging
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry, Hippocampus Greek Mythological Wall Hanging

Antique French Aubusson Tapestry, Hippocampus Greek Mythological Wall Hanging

By Charles Le Brun, Nicolas Poussin

Located in Dallas, TX

Two fishermen wearing pointed hats appear on a ship at sea, riding a mythical seahorse monster, known as Hippocampus, treasured by Poseidon for its elegant grace.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

Ancient Greek 5th Century BC Athena Coin 18K Gold Pendant
Ancient Greek 5th Century BC Athena Coin 18K Gold Pendant

Ancient Greek 5th Century BC Athena Coin 18K Gold Pendant

By Steven Battelle

Located in Soquel, CA

She was also renowned in war, and was often depicted wearing the crested Corinthian helmet, which in this case is pulled up over her face in a non-active, resting position. The sea ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Classical Greek Pendant Necklaces

Materials

18k Gold

Italian Walnut Grotto Chair
Italian Walnut Grotto Chair

Italian Walnut Grotto Chair

Located in San Francisco, CA

A great Italian grotto chair featuring winged sea monsters as arm supports.

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

Tribal Carving
Tribal Carving

Tribal Carving

Located in Brooklyn, NY

An unusual tribal carved painted and inlaid with glass wall hanging of a serpent or sea monster.

Category

Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Paint, Glass

German "Fantasy Furniture" Grotto Table
German "Fantasy Furniture" Grotto Table

German "Fantasy Furniture" Grotto Table

Located in Natchez, MS

German "Fantasy Furniture" Grotto Table with shell top and sea monster climbing up the coral trunk and legs.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Tables

Seahorse Grotto Chair
Seahorse Grotto Chair

Seahorse Grotto Chair

Located in High Point, NC

Carved wood Grotto Chair with silver leafed Scallop Shell seat and back with Seahorse and Sea monster arms and legs

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Paint

Italian Grotto Table
Italian Grotto Table

Italian Grotto Table

Located in Natchez, MS

Early 19th c Italian Walnut "grotto" table with rocaille decoration of shells and a sea monster surmounted by a shell top.

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Baroque Polychromed and Gilt Bracket
Baroque Polychromed and Gilt Bracket

Baroque Polychromed and Gilt Bracket

Located in San Francisco, CA

Fantastic subject, breasted sea monsters holding swags and pendants in their mouths.

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Brackets

Materials

Wood

A rare bronze and gilt bronze Empire Clock, signed Lesieur à Paris
A rare bronze and gilt bronze Empire Clock, signed Lesieur à Paris

A rare bronze and gilt bronze Empire Clock, signed Lesieur à Paris

Located in London, GB

A rare Empire Clock depicting Perseus with his horse Pegasus, the frieze is showing Andromeda beeing saved by Pegasus from Cetus the sea monster: French, circa 1800

Category

Antique 19th Century Clocks

Three Fountain Plaques
Three Fountain Plaques

Three Fountain Plaques

Located in Dallas, TX

Plaques originally were from a fountain in France. Image depicts a sea creature with Neptune's trident. Roman mythology tales often told of Neptune's triumph over sea monsters; repre...

Category

French Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Cement, Iron

Worcester vase
Worcester vase

Worcester vase

By Royal Worcester

Located in Seattle, WA

The gilt handle is in the form of a dragon or sea monster and is finely molded and gilt.

Category

20th Century English Vases

Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg Argenta Series Bowl
Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg Argenta Series Bowl

Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg Argenta Series Bowl

By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Wilhelm Kage argenta series "sea monster" bowl for Gustavsberg. Though best known as one of Sweden's greatest ceramists, Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) began as a painter, studying in P...

Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Pottery

Rare 18th Century Italian Map of Venice
Rare 18th Century Italian Map of Venice

Rare 18th Century Italian Map of Venice

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Though it does not have the city views of the wall map, it is beautifully engraved and features elaborate cartouche work of figures, sea monsters and foliate detail. It also has a s...

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Prints

Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1968
Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1968

Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1968

By Omega

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Signed Omega crown and embossed sea monster logo case back. Silvered satin dial with applied lindens and pointed hands.

Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

A Fine Early 19th Century Convex Mirror
A Fine Early 19th Century Convex Mirror

A Fine Early 19th Century Convex Mirror

Located in London, GB

Also present are two stylised dolphins which continue the theme of sea monsters. The carving is exceptional and the mirror plate is the original.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Convex Mirrors

Carved coconut from early 19th century
Carved coconut from early 19th century

Carved coconut from early 19th century

Located in BORDEAUX, FR

Finally, to remind us of the dangers of the ocean, a sea monster appears on the last third of the nut.

Category

Antique Early 1800s French Empire Nautical Objects

Materials

Coconut

Nautilus Mounted in Silver of the 19th Century "Shell Nautilus"
Nautilus Mounted in Silver of the 19th Century "Shell Nautilus"

Nautilus Mounted in Silver of the 19th Century "Shell Nautilus"

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Nautilus mounted in silver of the 19th century (Shell Nautilus) The support consists of a sea monster resting on a round base, the nautilus being surmounted by a lion resting on a l...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century German Northern Renaissance Serving Pieces

Materials

Silver

Omega Seamaster Automatic Ref 168.024, circa 1969
Omega Seamaster Automatic Ref 168.024, circa 1969

Omega Seamaster Automatic Ref 168.024, circa 1969

By Omega

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Featuring a robust 35mm stainless steel case with smooth wide bezel, substantial contoured lugs and acrylic crystal and signed crown. Deeply embossed Omega sea monster logo case back...

Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

Omega stainless steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch Ref 166.067, circa 1971
Omega stainless steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch Ref 166.067, circa 1971

Omega stainless steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch Ref 166.067, circa 1971

By Omega

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Featuring a robust 35 x 42mm diameter case with smooth wide bezel, substantial contoured lugs and acrylic crystal with signed Omega crown and deeply embossed Omega sea monster logo c...

Category

Vintage 1970s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1970
Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1970

Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1970

By Omega

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Featuring a robust 35 x 42mm diameter case with smooth wide bezel, substantial contoured lugs and acrylic crystal with signed Omega crown and deeply embossed Omega sea monster logo c...

Category

Vintage 1970s Swiss Artisan Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

Antique Italian Grand Tour Carved Coral Gold Necklace 19th Century Neoclassical
Antique Italian Grand Tour Carved Coral Gold Necklace 19th Century Neoclassical

Antique Italian Grand Tour Carved Coral Gold Necklace 19th Century Neoclassical

Located in London, GB

The ancient Greeks incorporated it into a myth: after petrifying Cetus, the sea monster threatening Andromeda, Perseus placed Medusa's head on the riverbank while he washed his hands.

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Gold

Cast iron fountain center piece - 19th century
Cast iron fountain center piece - 19th century

Cast iron fountain center piece - 19th century

By J.J. Ducel Foundry

Located in Richebourg, Yvelines

A rich base decorated with shells and sea monsters confronting basins along with busy cherubs and plant motifs.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Fountains

Materials

Iron

A Beautifully Detailed 16th Century Miniature Globe

A Beautifully Detailed 16th Century Miniature Globe

By Johannes Oterschaden

Located in New York, NY

The oceans are stippled and decorated with four sailing ships and three sea monsters. The globe is joined along the plane of the elliptic and holes at the North and South Poles origi...

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Globes

Materials

Silver

Lobster
Lobster

Lobster

By Matthäus Merian the Elder

Located in Florham Park, NJ

These imaginary beasts include a griffin, phoenix, unicorn, mermaid, dragon and sea monster. Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische.

Category

17th Century Other Art Style Animal Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving

Tab L.  "Leo."  Male Lions

Tab L. "Leo." Male Lions

Located in Florham Park, NJ

These imaginary beasts include a griffin, phoenix, unicorn, mermaid, dragon and sea monster. Reference: C. Nissen.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Tibetan Copper Rain Spout
Tibetan Copper Rain Spout

Tibetan Copper Rain Spout

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Copper rain spout in the form of a Makara (India) or Chu Srin (Tibet) water or sea horse monster. Mounted as an object.

Category

20th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper, Iron

Grotto Settee Chair
Grotto Settee Chair

Grotto Settee Chair

Located in High Point, NC

Wood carved silver painted Grotto settee with scallop shells forming seats and sea monster arms and legs.

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Settees

Materials

Wood, Paint

Omega stainless steel Seamaster Deville self winding wristwatch, 1963
Omega stainless steel Seamaster Deville self winding wristwatch, 1963

Omega stainless steel Seamaster Deville self winding wristwatch, 1963

By Omega

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Featuring a 35mm diameter case with deeply embossed sea monster logo, and with extended lugs, acrylic crystal, and original matte silvered dial with applied silver baton indexes, app...

Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

Perseus
Perseus

Perseus

Located in Oswestry, GB

He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for King Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. Perseus' Corinthian helmet is the focal point in this portrait bust, above all other...

Category

2010s Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Brand New- Hermès Shawl 140 “Cosmographia Universalis” in cashmere and silk
Brand New- Hermès Shawl 140 “Cosmographia Universalis” in cashmere and silk

Brand New- Hermès Shawl 140 “Cosmographia Universalis” in cashmere and silk

By Hermès

Located in Paris, IDF

His square represents an imaginary landscape and combines architecture, fauna and flora. Using seahorses, sea monsters and pyramids as models, he creates a dreamlike world populated ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Scarves

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