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Title

Sheet of Sketches and Caricatures

recto: studies for a group of figures (religious or allegorical) and two studies of standing women, one with child

verso: two sets of couples in caricature in contemporary dress

Artist

Anonymous French

Physical Description

First side: Various people, one holding her hands below her waist, one speaking to a little boy, a group clustered together.

Second side: two fashionably dressed couples (man and woman) walking.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

2013/2.563.1-2

Medium and Support

graphite on paper (double-sided drawing)

relevance

rank 12.00170

Primary Keywords

allegories

canes

children (people by age group)

couples

fashion

figures (representations)

mothers

top hats

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 12.00170

Primary Keywords

allegories

children (people by age group)

ch‚teaux

engravings

fighting

forests

intaglio printing

trees