Five Footsoldiers and Mounted Turk

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Five Footsoldiers and Mounted Turk

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34

Date
c. 1496
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
67014

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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The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916

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