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The Ill-Assorted Couple

The Ill-Assorted Couple

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Albrecht Dürer

Prints are more likely to mock social pariahs than paintings are. Cheap and quick to produce, prints cater to the whims of a popular market rather than the taste of a small number of wealthy patrons.
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471 - 1528)
Title
The Ill-Assorted Couple
Date
ca. 1495
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
5 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. Support
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1981.31
Classification
Prints
Geography
Germany

Related

Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc.; by 1981, acquired by John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1981, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Hutchison, Jane Campbell. "Graphic Art In the Age of Martin Luther (1483-1546) : an Exhibition Honoring the 500th Anniversary of Luther's Birth." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1983. pp. 39-40, cat. no. 29
  • Wehn, James R. "Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem's 15th-Century Print Workshop." Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, 2023. p. 78, cat. no. 52

  • Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/18/2023–3/24/2024
  • Loaded Image, The: Printmaking as Persuasion: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/18/2011–10/30/2011
  • Northern Old Masters Prints from the Permanent Collection, 1400–1800: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/24/1994–11/27/1994
  • Line, Tone, and Color: Old Master Printmaking Techniques: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 11/23/1985–1/26/1986
  • Graphic Art in the Age of Martin Luther: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/22/1983–12/4/1983
  • Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 11/1/1981–12/6/1981

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