Man Attacking a Monster
1803
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1803
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Man Attacking a Monster is a 1803 ink by Robert Blyth, a Romanticism work, depicting Satyr, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a man stabbing a snarling monster with a sword. The monster looks like a mix of wolf and bat, all jagged teeth and fur. The man is calm, almost bored, while the creature twists in pain. Prints like this were made for books or as stand-alone art. This one hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. It uses drypoint, where the artist scratches lines into a metal plate with a needle. Check out another artist who loved monsters. Look up Henry Fuseli.
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