Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Turkish Family
Albrecht Dürer
- Date
- c. 1497
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
At this time Turks claimed a large share of public attention, owing to the rappid westward advance of the Ottoman empire through conquest. Durer shows these family members as semi-savages: a partially nude and bare-foot woman, holding a baby, follows the father, a robust warrior. This unsympathetic portrayal probably reflected contemporary opinion in the Christian north. Germany, Europe
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