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The Turkish Family, Albrecht Dürer — The Turkish Family, c. 1497
Albrecht Dürer
Engraving
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916 P.171
Not on View
At this time Turks claimed a large share of public attention, owing to the rappid westward advance of the Ottoman empire through conquest. Durer shows these family members as semi-savages: a partially nude and bare-foot woman, holding a baby, follows the father, a robust warrior. This unsympathetic portrayal probably reflected contemporary opinion in the Christian north.

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Title: The Turkish Family
Dated: c. 1497
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Nationality: German
Artist Life: 1471–1528
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 4 3/16 x 3 in. (10.64 x 7.62 cm) (image)19 3/4 × 15 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (50.17 × 40.01 × 2.86 cm) (outer frame)
Credit: The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Accession Number: P.171
Medium: Engraving
Country: Germany
Century: 15th-16th century
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Catalogue Raisonne: B.85, 97; K.21; M.80 b/d; D.8
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