Group of Five Figures

Cleveland Museum of Art

Group of Five Figures

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

Date
c. 1515–16
Medium
etching
Culture
Germany
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
117763

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This is one of only a handful of etchings Albrecht Dürer ever made, which places it among the rarest prints from the greatest German artist of the Renaissance. Around 1515 to 1516, he bit lines into an iron plate with acid, and you can see the difference from his precise engravings in the slightly rough, irregular strokes across the gaunt central nude's ribs and musculature. A turbaned woman stands to the left, a reclining figure sprawls lower right near a scattered shield, and the whole composition feels like a deliberate experiment. This print is a visible record of a master pushing into unfamiliar territory.

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A classical figure is bound and held by another figure, while a third figure observes nearby.

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Credit line
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Provenance
with Richard H. Zinser | 1938: Purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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