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The Offer of Love (or The Ill-Assorted Couple)

1495–1496

Albrecht Dürer

(German, 1471–1528)
Culture
Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Sheet: 14.8 x 13.7 cm (5 13/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1934.344
Catalogue raisonné
Meder 77
State
I/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

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.

The Offer of Love (or The Ill-Assorted Couple)

1495–1496

Albrecht Dürer

(German, 1471–1528)
Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century

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