# Abduction of a Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DÜRER, Albrecht]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Pen, 283 x 423 mm ## Commentary This copy of a \(lost\) engraving by Antonio Pollaiuolo shows the lunge position in front and back view. The important element for Dürer was not the mere representation of the activity, but the basic Italian method of rendering articulation of the body. Dürer 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 Dürer's fashion. The rear view of the male nude recurs in the engraving "Jealousy.' ## Related artworks - [A Young Girl of Cologne and Dürer's Wife]() - [Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam \(detail\)]() - [Adam]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()