Artwork Details
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Dimensions
15-1/2 x 11-1/8 in. (image and sheet) 24 x 18 x 3/4 in. (framed/glazed)
Mark Description
Watermark: Imperial Orb (Meder 53)
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Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
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Provenance
Purchased by the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in 1992.
Gallery Labels
While Dürer devoted most of his woodblock prints to widely circulated book illustrations, The Men’s Bath is an independent subject without text. It shows his skill in depicting male anatomy at different ages and in contrasting poses.
The four foreground figures are identifiable as Dürer on the left and three of his friends, each holding an emblem of one of the four temperaments that affected human nature. Dürer, with a rooster, represents melancholy, the artistic temperament.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Albrecht Dürer: The Age of Reformation and Renaissance
Cincinnati Art Museum
November 17, 2017 - February 11, 2018
Indianapolis Museum of Art
November 19, 2002 - March 9, 2003
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