The Peasant and His Wife at Market / Albrecht Dürer

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Accession Number: 2005/2.16
Title: The Peasant and His Wife at Market
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Life Dates: Nüremberg, 1471-1528
Medium and Support: engraving on laid paper
Object Creation Date: 1519
Credit Line: Bequest of the Estate of David Caldwell Leedy
Dimensions: 11.6 cm x 7.3 cm (4 9/16 in. x 2 7/8 in.)
Century: 16th century
Physical Description: A couple stand in a very dense and congested space, a broken wall behind them. The woman on the left holds a rooster by the feet and is looking at her husband, on the right, who has his hand extended and his holding a money bagin is left hand. At their feet is a stoppered jar and a basket full of eggs.
Subject Matter: Dürer creates a wonderful caracter study of these two peasants selling their goods at market.
Primary Keywords: basket; boots; roosters; woman
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; chickens; clothing; eggs; man; objects; people and occupations; the natural world; women
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1302 x 1980
File Size: 343 KB
Record: 2005/2.16
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-2.16/2005_2_16.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Jacaruso, w17 - Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, representations of women (25); Aleksic, f16 - Myth of Women (59); German art, a survey of UMMA s holdings (90); Grant (36); HISTART 102 - Prints (31); Love (108); Marriage (113); Medieval and Early Modern representations of women (40); Northern Renaissance and Reformation-era (138)

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Full citation: "The Peasant and His Wife at Market; Albrecht Dürer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-2.16/2005_2_16.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.