Young Couple Reminded of Transience or The Promenade, by Dürer (1498, c.)

Young Couple Reminded of Transience or The Promenade, by Dürer (1498, c.)

The engraving portrays a young couple looking at each other. Behind them, a tree trunk. Peeking out of the tree and staring at the couple, a skeleton holding an hourglass.

Gender perspective: In this engraving death represented by the skeleton is the same for both man and woman. Notice similarity with Adam and Eve by the tree in paradise.

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)

German Prints Collection at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
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Inventory number: Г-2102

1498, c.

Copperplate engraving
Dimensions: 19.5 × 12.3 cm