Peasant Couple Dancing

1514

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows two full-body figures, one in the foreground and one slightly behind. The person in the foreground is leaning forward with one foot off the ground. They have a broad, rounded face, short hair covered by a headscarf, and wear a dress with decorative fasteners and large sleeves. They hold a set of keys. The person in the background has outstretched arms, short, curly hair, and wears a layered cloak with a belt. The background is plain with a subtle texture, displaying the date "1514" and an artistic monogram at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.6 x 7.3 cm (4 9/16 x 2 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3529

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 88

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marsden Jasael Perry [1850-1935], Providence, RI (Lugt 1880); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 35.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 57.

1996

  • Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996.

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. 77.

Inscriptions

in plate, top center: 1514 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: B90; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: M57; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: P2.; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: → [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 90.; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 68; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: S [?] 4. [erased]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 33; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B-6553 [upside down]

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q18338469

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