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DÜRER, Albrecht: Three Peasants in Conversation

🖼 Three Peasants in Conversation, c. 1497
Engraving
108 × 77 cm
New York, USA

Three figures huddle in animated discussion, rendered through precise line work that captures individual character and fabric textures. Dürer's 1497 study documents rural German life with anthropological detail, establishing printmaking as a vehicle for social observation and artistic mastery.

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