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Black and white engraving of a nude woman standing beside a seated draped figure, with a small winged child and stacked boxes in the foreground.

The Temptation of the Idler (The Dream of the Doctor)

A nude woman stands beside a seated, draped figure in a wooden interior, holding a cloth and gesturing toward a seated man. A small winged putto pushes a sphere near stacked boxes at lower left. The fine black engraved lines model the forms, skin and fabric on ivory paper.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Date
c. 1498
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2659 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1503).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: La tentación del ocioso, grabado de Alberto Durero

Una mujer desnuda está de pie junto a una figura sentada y cubierta con tela, en un interior de madera. Un pequeño putto alado empuja una esfera cerca de cajas apiladas en la parte inferior izquierda. Las finas líneas negras modelan las formas, la piel y los pliegues sobre papel marfil.

Português: A tentação do ocioso, gravura de Albrecht Dürer

Uma mulher nua está de pé ao lado de uma figura sentada e coberta por tecido, em um interior de madeira. Um pequeno putto alado empurra uma esfera perto de caixas empilhadas no canto inferior esquerdo. As linhas finas e pretas modelam formas, pele e dobras sobre papel marfim.

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