profile of nude female figure seated on steps, submerging her feet in water; large bonnet on head, pensive expression; holds a tool in her hand

Bathing Woman, 1520-1530

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Albrecht Altdorfer made some of the smallest Renaissance prints and also contributed to some of the largest, including Maximilian I’s giant Triumphal Arch woodcut (more than 11 feet high). The son of a miniaturist, Altdorfer helped instigate the northern craze for tiny prints. In this example, his perspectival lines (he was also an architect) form a counterpoint to the rounded forms of the bather and her bonnet.

Details
Title
Bathing Woman
Artist Life
c. 1480-1538
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.93.35
Provenance
John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
Catalogue Raisonne
Winzinger 153; New Hollstein e.73; Bartsch 56 (vol. 8, p. 61), Waldmann 76
Curator Approved

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profile of nude female figure seated on steps, submerging her feet in water; large bonnet on head, pensive expression; holds a tool in her hand