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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Peasant and His Wife at the Market

🖼 The Peasant and His Wife at the Market, 1519
Engraving
116 × 73 cm
New York, USA

Two figures stand haggling over goods in a crowded marketplace, rendered with meticulous detail and keen observation of peasant life. Dürer's 1519 engraving captures social realism and economic tension, establishing the genre of market scenes while documenting early 16th-century German commerce and class dynamics.

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