Black and white engraving of a wooded landscape with nude figures, a seated musician, a small child, and a book on the ground.

The Dream of Paris

An engraving in black ink on ivory paper shows a wooded landscape with several figures: a nude woman standing at left, a seated man with a stringed instrument, and a nude woman on a rise at right. A crouching nude figure at lower right tends a small child beside a book.

Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer
Date: 1515/1518
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2507 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1538).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Collection

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