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The Dream of the Doctor

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-METM-336221 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Fantasy, Figures, Nudes Artist: Dürer, Albrecht

Tags: Fantasy, Figures, Nudes

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The Dream of the Doctor by Albrecht Dürer brings sleep and fantasy into a richly detailed interior. A man dozes beside a tiled stove, his head resting against a cushion, while a small winged creature leans toward him from behind. A standing nude woman occupies the foreground, and a winged child plays near her feet.

Engraved around 1498, the scene feels deliberately poised between an ordinary room and an imagined encounter. Hard-edged tiles contrast with the soft modeling of the figures and the folds of the sleeper’s clothing. Rather than resolving the dream into a simple story, the image holds the viewer among its suggestive details, giving this small composition an unusual mixture of intimacy and strangeness.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Dürer collection.