The Cook and his Wife / Albrecht Dürer
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.93
- Title
- The Cook and his Wife
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1496-1497
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Monogram, l.c.: Stamp, verso: Lugt 377, Bernhard Haussmann (1784-1874)
- Dimensions
- 10.8 cm x 7.9 cm (4 1/4 in. x 3 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- engraving
- Physical Description
- Two figures dominate the image with little reference to setting other than a low horizon line and some pebbles in the lower left. A man stands tothe lelft wearing simple tradesman's clothes; in his right hand he holds a ladle and another cooking implement. A knife in its sheath hangs at his waist. On his left shoulder stands a bird wtih wings open that is facing the man. To the right is a woman with a headdress and veil and cloak wrapped over one shoulder and in front of her.
- Subject Matter
- The subject for this engraving comes from a popular set of parables, "Der Ritter von Turn," and describes how a cook's wife had secretly eaten an eel that the cook had intended on eating himself. The wife said that an otter had stolen the eel but a magpie told the cook the truth that the wife had eaten it.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 829 x 1059
- File Size
- 117 KB
- Record
- 1963/1.93
- Link to this Item
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"The Cook and his Wife; Albrecht Dürer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-1.93/1963_1.93.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
