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The Men's Bath, Albrecht Dürer — The Men's Bath, c. 1496-1497
Albrecht Dürer
Woodcut
Bequest of Herschel V. Jones P.68.161
Not on View
Scantily clad men bathing and socializing was an unusual subject for a print in the 1400s. It may reflect Dürer’s interest in Italian Renaissance anatomical representation. It may also be a paean to homoeroticism. At least some of the men resemble known persons: the chubby beer drinker, Dürer’s humanist pal Willibald Pirckheimer; the foreground men with comb and flower, Nuremberg patricians and future Dürer patrons, brothers Lucas and Stephan Paumgärtner; the man leaning against the pump with the well-placed cock, Dürer himself, and the two musicians, perhaps self-portraits at younger ages. The onlooker in the background mirrors the voyeuristic role that Dürer assigns to those of us looking at this print.

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Title: The Men's Bath
Dated: c. 1496-1497
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Nationality: German
Artist Life: 1471–1528
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 15 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (38.89 x 28.1 cm) (image)
Credit: Bequest of Herschel V. Jones
Accession Number: P.68.161
Medium: Woodcut
Country: Germany
Century: 15th-16th century
Provenance: Knoedler & Co., 1925
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Catalogue Raisonne: B.128; M.266 a/f; Holl. 266
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