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The Dream of the Doctor
Artist:
Date:
ca. 1498
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 189 x 121 mm (7 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.) Cropped
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1981.1.102
Acquisition Date:
1981-01-01
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Edgar Sinton
Exhibition History:
CPLH, 16th century North European engravings, Nov 3, 1977 - Jan 8, 1978.
CPLH, Recent Acquisitions of the AFGA, 1981-1982, Part 1: 1500-1940, 26 Feb - 8 March 1983.
CPLH, 20 years of collecting: master prints from the AFGA, 7 March - 14 June 1987.
SFMOMA, Paul Klee's Inventions, Dec 5, 2003 - May 31, 2004
Doctor sit in cabinet dreaming; imp heats him up with bellows in ear while lovely nude woman reaches out; cupid climbs on primitive stilts.
Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”
Blue King Trying to Dissuade the Ermine King from His Plans (15th–16th century)
Crucifixion, eighth plate from the series The Large Passion (ca. 1498 (1675 edition))