GENERAL DESCRIPTION
An elegantly dressed couple enjoys a leisurely stroll through the countryside; their elaborate dress marks their social position and wealth. The gallant young man gazes at his companion adoringly as he points ahead to the path. The prominent ostrich feather stuck in his hat indicates his bachelor status, while the lady’s bouffant bonnet signifies she is married. Combined with the man’s familiar hand at the small of her back and the phallic placement of his sword, Albrecht Dürer implies an affair between the two.
This work is intended as a moralizing memento mori, a reminder that life is fleeting and material goods and worldly pleasures are unfulfilling, particularly in comparison to the spiritual rewards of immortality in the afterlife. This message is evident through the skeletal, demonic embodiment of death, which lurks behind a tree holding an hourglass, further symbolizing the transience of life.
Excerpt from
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1961.98) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
NOTES
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Abundant research in the object file that has not been added to TMS:
Catalogue raisonne- Bartsch 94, Dodgson 9, Meder 83, Koehler 12
Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Durer, Numbered Catalogue of Engravings, Drypoints, and Etchings (Loondon and Boston: The Medici Society, 1926), cat. 9. DMA- 769.943.D933d
Joseph Meder, Durer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch Uber Albrecht Durers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Deren Zustande, Ausgaben Und Wasserzeichen (Vienna, 1932), cat. 83
Alternate titles added to TMS based on secondary sources in Object File:
Young Couple Threatened by Death
Young Couple Reminded of Transience
Spaziergang
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Henry Van den Bergh Collection, London [1]
Until 1961: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX
From 1961: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
rural area
man
woman
walking
tree
grasses
sword
dress
hat
feather
couple
skeleton
death
landscape
monogram
aristocracy
hourglass
profile view of figure
hairstyle
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
248141244: UMO
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
WEB RESOURCES
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- The donor of this print, Calvin J. Holmes, gave it to the Museum in 1961 in honor of Edward G. Eisenlohr, who died the same year. Eisenlohr was a significant figure in the history of art in North Texas and a critical supporter of the Museum's creation and growth. He is represented in the collection by more than a dozen works, as is Albrecht Dürer.
- A 1971 catalog, Dürer in America: His Graphic Work (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), notes the similarities between the standing young man in this print and the artist's early self-portraits.
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General Description
An elegantly dressed couple enjoys a leisurely stroll through the countryside; their elaborate dress marks their social position and wealth. The gallant young man gazes at his companion adoringly as he points ahead to the path. The prominent ostrich feather stuck in his hat indicates his bachelor status, while the lady’s bouffant bonnet signifies she is married. Combined with the man’s familiar hand at the small of her back and the phallic placement of his sword, Albrecht Dürer implies an affair between the two.
This work is intended as a moralizing memento mori, a reminder that life is fleeting and material goods and worldly pleasures are unfulfilling, particularly in comparison to the spiritual rewards of immortality in the afterlife. This message is evident through the skeletal, demonic embodiment of death, which lurks behind a tree holding an hourglass, further symbolizing the transience of life.
Excerpt from
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1961.98) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
Fun Facts
- The donor of this print, Calvin J. Holmes, gave it to the Museum in 1961 in honor of Edward G. Eisenlohr, who died the same year. Eisenlohr was a significant figure in the history of art in North Texas and a critical supporter of the Museum's creation and growth. He is represented in the collection by more than a dozen works, as is Albrecht Dürer.
- A 1971 catalog, Dürer in America: His Graphic Work (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), notes the similarities between the standing young man in this print and the artist's early self-portraits.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Abundant research in the object file that has not been added to TMS:
Catalogue raisonne- Bartsch 94, Dodgson 9, Meder 83, Koehler 12
Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Durer, Numbered Catalogue of Engravings, Drypoints, and Etchings (Loondon and Boston: The Medici Society, 1926), cat. 9. DMA- 769.943.D933d
Joseph Meder, Durer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch Uber Albrecht Durers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Deren Zustande, Ausgaben Und Wasserzeichen (Vienna, 1932), cat. 83
Alternate titles added to TMS based on secondary sources in Object File:
Young Couple Threatened by Death
Young Couple Reminded of Transience
Spaziergang
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Henry Van den Bergh Collection, London [1]
Until 1961: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX
From 1961: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
rural area
man
woman
walking
tree
grasses
sword
dress
hat
feather
couple
skeleton
death
landscape
monogram
aristocracy
hourglass
profile view of figure
hairstyle
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
248141244: UMO
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
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