The Offer of Love (or The Ill-Assorted Couple)
1495–1496
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 14.8 × 13.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-206931
In the late 15th century, moralizing scenes of mismatched lovers were popular subjects for prints. In one variation of the theme, a young woman seduces an unwitting old man in order to steal his money. In Dürer’s version here, however, the male figure willingly reaches into his purse to pay for his younger companion’s affections.
Provenance
Hanna Jr., 1934.344
Registry history
- 1495–1496 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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