# Battle of Two Sea Monsters [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANTEGNA, Andrea]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Engraving ## Commentary Battle of Two Sea Monsters c. 1475 Engraving Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome Mantegna made drawings for the master goldsmith Gian Marco Cavalli, expressly so that they might be translated into engravings. Free from existing conventions and the limitations imposed by patrons, Mantegna was able here to give free rein to his imagination, creating bacchic processions and furious battles between sea monsters, in the hope of attracting buyers. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Bacchanalia with a Wine Vat]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Battle of the Sea Gods]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()