The Turkish Family

c. 1495/1496

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows three figures from head to toe: a man, a woman, and an infant. The man on the left wears a turban and a long robe, holding the robe with his right hand while carrying a bow in his left hand. The woman, standing on the right, also wears a turban and carries the infant in her arms. She supports the child with her left arm and grips the fabric of her dress with her right hand. The woman’s clothing appears to be loose-fitting and draped around her like a robe. The infant is cradled close to her, wrapped in a small fabric. The background is plain with simple shading on the ground, and an artistic monogram 'AD' is at the bottom center of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 10.9 × 7.9 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 80

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gabriel Cognacq [1880-1951], Paris (Lugt 538d); (Maurice Rousseau, Paris); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1952; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, 1965, no. 57.

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 12

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B.85; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: C.2252 [underlined] / 600

Markings

none

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q18338503

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