Abduction of a Woman

This copy of a (lost) engraving by Antonio Pollaiuolo shows the lunge position in front and back view. The important element for D�rer was not the mere representation of the activity, but the basic Italian method of rendering articulation of the body. D�rer allowed himself freedom in individual details. He was surely not able to borrow from his original the manner in which the modeling lines follow the form, and the contour also has become gnarled in D�rer’s fashion. The rear view of the male nude recurs in the engraving “Jealousy.’