Mermaid Pictures, Ancient–18th Century

This is disappointing; there are thousands of modern mermaids online, but—with the exception of voluptuous Victorians—little earlier art has made it up.

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407 x 313 pznow.co.uk	"detail from Icelandic manuscript called 'The Flateyjarbok'" 299 x 175 rubens.anu.edu .au	Siren 314 x 496 homepage.mac .com

"Seamonk" (piscis monachi habitu effigies), from Ambroise Paré, A docto viro plerisque locis recognita, et Latinitate donata, Iacobi Guillemeau... (1582) 291 x 500 udstillinger.dnlb .dk	nd. 640 x 416 haderslev-katedralskole .dk	164 x 227 eclipsi.bib.ub .es

12c. Church Capital from the Church of San Claudio de Olivares, Spain 535 x 472 claustro.com	Church of San Claudio de Olivares, Spain (detail) 243 x 397 claustro.com	nd. 306 x 199 montefollonico .it

another 12c. spanish capital, a little hard to spot 360 x 472 claustro.com	1774 illustration; artist had not seen a sea lion 382 x 256 nhm.org	a "meerhase" (Sea hare) 856 x 576 wissdok.com

A siren (or mermaid) sinks a boat in an attempt to drown its sailors (England, 1230-1240) 657 x 768 prodigi.bl .uk	Stoneware ewer in the shape of a mermaid (China 10-11c.) 600 x 600 thebritishmuseum.ac .uk	Unidentified artist, Griffin and Mermaid (16c) 714 x 450 mfa.org

Odysseus and the Sirens (Roman mosaic from N. Africa, 3c.) 740 x 299 marvin.sn.schule .de	late 12c., from San Martin, Fuentiduena, Splain 169 x 212 rubens.anu.edu .au	500 x 258 monsters.monstrous .com