Two Satyrs Fighting about a Nymph

c. 1520/1525

Albrecht Altdorfer after Marcantonio Raimondi

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

Marcantonio Raimondi

Artist After, Roman, c. 1480 - c. 1534

This is a drawing of three nude figures in a complex and textured environment. The figures are intertwined, with one holding a club above its head. Another figure is supporting a third with draped hair. The background is filled with detailed foliage, creating depth without shading. The composition suggests a dramatic scene reminiscent of early Renaissance or late Medieval art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.1 × 4.1 cm (2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 45, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Addie Burr Clark [1868-1946]; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 164.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 45, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65067030

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