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DÜRER, Albrecht: Abduction of a Woman

🖼 Abduction of a Woman, 1495
Pen
283 × 423 cm
Bayonne, France

Violent motion erupts across the composition as mounted figures seize a struggling woman, rendered in dynamic pen strokes with intricate detail. Dürer captures the dramatic subject—likely a classical rape myth—demonstrating his mastery of narrative intensity and establishing him as a leading Northern Renaissance printmaker.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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