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Jun 15, 2006
The Offer of Love (or The Ill-Assorted Couple)
The Offer of Love (or The Ill-Assorted Couple)
1495–1496
Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471–1528)
Engraving
Sheet: 14.8 x 13.7 cm (5 13/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1934.344
Catalogue raisonné: Meder 77
State: I/III
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Description
In the late 15th century, moralizing scenes of mismatched lovers were popular subjects for prints. In one variation of the theme, a young woman seduces an unwitting old man in order to steal his money. In Dürer’s version here, however, the male figure willingly reaches into his purse to pay for his younger companion’s affections.
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