Oceanus

About this work

This painting shows a figure of Oceanus, a god of the ocean. He's surrounded by sea creatures and seaweed. The artist used a special technique to create this image, which is interesting because it was made using multiple colors. The colors used are sepia-ochre, olive, and black, which gives the image a lot of depth. This was a challenging thing to do with the technology available at the time. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of the technique: woodcut.