L'Enlèvement d'une jeune femme (Bartsch 72), GDUT4006

A bearded, wild-haired man seizes a struggling naked woman, hauling her onto the back of a powerful, horse-like unicorn. The beast gallops across a rocky terrain toward a distant settlement, while heavy, swirling clouds dominate the sky above the figures. The scene is rendered with dense, agitated lines that emphasize the violence and speed of the abduction.

This work subverts the traditional medieval association of the unicorn with virginity and Christ, instead using it as a chthonic mount for a pagan god of the underworld. It reflects the Renaissance rediscovery of the darker, 'Dionysian' aspects of classical mythology and the emotional intensity of the 'Pathosformel' (pathos-formula) explored by Dürer and his contemporaries.