S381 Albrecht Dürer 1496 Spazierritt

The male figure sits forward, raising a whip in his right hand, while the woman sits behind him with her arms around his waist. They travel through a wooded area near a river, with a large fortified castle visible on a hill in the distance. A small dog runs along the path in the lower left corner.

This early engraving by Dürer reflects the late medieval 'promenade' tradition and courtly love motifs. While secular in nature, it demonstrates the technical development of the artist who would later become the primary visual interpreter of Northern Renaissance humanism and esoteric thought.