The Turkish Family

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Turkish Family

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34

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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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Dated
c. 1497
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Department
European Art
Credit
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Medium
Engraving

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Around 1497, Albrecht Dürer engraved this scene of a Turkish family he had never actually met. A turbaned man grips a crossbow in the foreground while a barefoot woman carries a nursing infant behind him, both figures set against bare, rocky ground. Dürer likely drew on secondhand costume studies rather than real observation. This print matters because it reveals less about Ottoman life and more about the fear and fascination shaping the Christian European imagination at the height of Ottoman expansion.

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Object ID
47038
Object Type
Prints
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Classification” · the first available of several museum fields
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Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
Medium
Engraving
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
Department
European Art
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Credit Line
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
Date
c. 1497
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · copied as is
Begin Year
1497
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
End Year
1497
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field

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