Author(s):
dürer, albrecht (nuremberg, 27–05–1471 - nuremberg, 05–04–1528), engraver
date of production: around 1496
dating in century: 4th quarter of the 15th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): original print
materials and techniques: paper
location(s) of execution/production: nuremberg
dimensions - artwork:
height: 38. 7cm
width: 28cm
dimensions - passepartout:
height: 63. 5cm
width: 48cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
monogram = number - monogram bottom center: "ad"
collector's mark - collector's mark lower left: "dutuit" (lugt 708)
historical commentary:
a well-established tradition allows us to consider each of the main figures as a portrait. The melancholic has long been identified with the artist himself and the phlegmatic drinker with his friend willibald pirckheimer. The two men in the foreground could be the brothers lucas and stephan paumgärtner, members of an imminent patrician family from nuremberg. Themes / subjects / places represented:
genre scene, bath, fortified castle, village, hygiene - health, male nude, fountain, recorder, viol
mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: dutuit, auguste and eugène
date of acquisition: 1902
institution: petit palais, museum of fine arts of the city of paris
inventory number: gdut4175. Date: Vers 1496.
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