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Soldier Embracing a Woman

1505–36

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The story

The museum notes the man is dressed as a German mercenary, a type mocked for loose morals, while she guides his hands, her bodice open and skirt hitched up; the print sat on the edge of decency.

Source, Cleveland Museum of Art

Object details

Title: Soldier Embracing a Woman
Artist: Daniel Hopfer
Date: 1505–36
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Etching
Object type: Prints
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0279
Original image: 2220 × 3000 px
Source record: View on clevelandart.org
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Daniel Hopfer. Soldier Embracing a Woman. 1505–36. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0279/