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Soldier Embracing a Woman

1505–36
(German, c. 1470–1536)
Germany, 16th century
etching
Image: 22 x 15.6 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 24.1 x 17.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1971.246
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein XV.103.78
State: I/II
Location: not on view
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In this image, a couple embraces in a garden. The man’s dress indicates that he is a German mercenary, who were chastised for loose morals in many prints of the period. The twiglike laurel wreath on his head is a mocking emblem of victory in love and war. His partner meets his gaze and guides his hands, wearing long hair, an open bodice, and a hitched-up skirt suggesting sexual availability. Resonating with Edenic and love garden images, the subject likely operated on the edge of decency for its audience.
Soldier Embracing a Woman

Soldier Embracing a Woman

1505–36

Daniel Hopfer

(German, c. 1470–1536)
Germany, 16th century

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