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Maker(s):Dürer, Albrecht
Culture:German (1471-1528)
Title:The Temptation of the Idler (or The Dream of the Doctor)
Date Made:1497-1498
Type:Print
Materials:Engraving
Place Made:Europe; Germany; Nuremberg
Measurements:Mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm; Sheet: 7 3/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 18.73 cm x 11.74 cm
Narrative Inscription:  MONOGRAM: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed within image): AD ; INSCRIPTION: verso, lwr. ctr. (pencil): B 76 ; verso, lwr. l. (pencil): RIII ; verso, ctr. (circular stamp, brown ink): THE ART / INSTITUTE OF / CHICAGO
Accession Number:  MH 1959.9.N.RII
Credit Line:Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A man is propped against some pillows sleeping while a demon blows air into his ear with bellows. A nude woman with long hair and clothe draped between her hands holds out her proper right to the man. A cherub tries to walk on stilts in the lower left corner next to a ball.

Tags:
demons; sleeping; putti

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