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Title: The Flagellation (Large Passion Series)
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description: At the center of this densely detailed print stands a male figure, nude except for a loincloth, with his hands tied behind him to a column. He is encircled by a crowd of figures, including three men who beat him with whips, switches, and fists. A fourth figure leers at him grotesquely, while another sits on the ground with his feet against the column and pulls the ropes holding their victim. Another figure, wearing elaborate armor, kneels in the foreground as he prepares his switches. Onlookers, some wearing elaborate turbans and robes inspired by Turkish clothing, stand behind the torturers. A crown of thorns sits in the lower right corner and a small dog appears in the center foreground next to the artist's initials.
Artist Life Dates: (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
Century: Late 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1497
Accession Number: 1960/2.35
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
relevance: rank 8.10409

Title: Hercules
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description: A nude man seen from behind raises a staff to ward off the blow of a standing female figure, also with a staff. The woman's swing is directed to two seated figures at the lower left: a nude woman and a satyr. In the distance is an elaborate gated city and landscape.
Artist Life Dates: (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
Century: Late 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1498
Accession Number: 1956/1.78
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 8.10409

Title: Death of the Virgin (reverse copy after Schongauer)
Artist: Israhel Meckenem
Physical Description: A four-poster bed with curtains drawn back within an interior is angled towards the viewer, showing a woman reclined on the bed and attended by numerous figures. A lighted taper is placed in her hands, with assistance of a young man on the left side of the bed. Others of the figures stand or kneel with figures hands clasped in prayer; at the lower left corner are two men kneeling at the foot of the bead looking at a book of prayers. The overall effect is concern and movement around the still figure of the woman.
Artist Life Dates: d. 1503
Century: Late 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1490-1500
Accession Number: 1960/2.46
Medium and Support: engraving on fine off-white laid paper
relevance: rank 8.10409

Title: The Sea Monster
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description: Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.
Artist Life Dates: 1471-1528
Century: Late 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1498
Accession Number: 1956/1.74
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 8.10409

Title: Cuttings from an illuminated manuscript consisting of several decorative border pieces, containing dolphins, cherubs, portrait cameos and the arms of Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini.
Artist: Anonymous Italian (Florentine?)
Century: late 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1489(?)
Accession Number: 1971/2.10
Medium and Support: tempera and gold leaf on vellum
relevance: rank 8.10409

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