Inscription
in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 39 [upside down]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 256; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.93
Marks and Labels
purple stamp at bottom right of verso, very smudged
Provenance
(sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, May 6-8, 1929, no. 256); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1929
- Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 28 (as The Offer of Love).
- 1966
- Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 18 (as Offer of Love).
- 1971
- Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 49.
- 1990
- Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 122, repro.
- 1996
- Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996, as The Ill-Matched Couple.
Bibliography
- 1932
- Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
- 1990
- Russell 1990, cat.no.122.
- 2001
- Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 3
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