Dürer calls this sheet Das Meerwunder, the sea monster. In the past, critics have been passionate about seeking a mythological representation within the composition, not fully justifiable, not even like the Rape of Amimon. The engraving, made around 1498, has vague quotations from works by Mantegna and Peregrino da Cesena, reflecting the influences of Dürer's first trip to Italy. The fortune of some individual parts of this work is found in many Italian paintings and engravings. Vasari is also quoted in the Giuntina edition: "and in a larger copper he carved a nymph carried away by a sea monster, while some other nymphs are bathed".