Bathing Woman, 1520-1530
Albrecht Altdorferexpand_more
Engravingexpand_more
Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrusexpand_more 2015.93.35
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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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