Bathing Woman

c. 1520/1530

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows a person seated on a flat surface. They are mostly nude, with part of their upper and lower body visible. The person is in a seated position, leaning slightly forward with their left arm resting on their left knee. Their head is turned downwards, partially obscuring their facial features. They have long hair cascading over their shoulders and are wearing a distinctive cap. The person's form is muscular, with textured skin. There are no visible articles of clothing apart from the cap, and they are not holding any objects. In the background, architectural elements such as a column and a ledge or wall suggest a structured environment with textured stone or brickwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 3.7 × 3 cm (1 7/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.422

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 73, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, auction XLI, May 6-8, 1929, lot 27); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 153, c.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 73, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952558

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