DÜRER, Albrecht
(b. 1471, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)

The Women's Bath

1496
Pen, 231 x 226 mm
Kunsthalle, Bremen

Weak in its perspective and not yet quite clear in its representation of forms, this drawing nevertheless possesses significant qualities: a strong feeling for corporeality and for rich configuration. Form is suggested by light, jumping strokes of the pen, with the vagueness typical of the early period. A painterly effect is sought in the darkness of the wall and ceiling, in which the grain of the wood is disproportionately emphasized, as in the art of the primitives.