Pair of Lovers in a Landscape

1511

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows two figures sitting closely together on the ground. They are depicted from head to toe, with their heads tilted toward each other. The person on the left has a robust build and faces the other figure. Both wear period-style clothing with intricate patterns and puffed sleeves. They have headwear, with the person on the left wearing a large hat with a plume. The background consists of trees and shrubbery, rendered in a detailed style typical of woodcuts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 13.2 × 10 cm (5 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.379

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 88

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 40); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 17.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 88.

Wikidata ID

Q64952513

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