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The Graces ThreeThe Four Naked Women (Dürer) The Four Naked Women (Dürer) 1497 engraving by Albrecht Dürer The Four Naked Women, or The Four Witches (German: Die Vier Hexen), or The Four Sorceresses or Scene in a Brothel, are titles given to a 1497 engraving by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer.[1][2] It is one of his earliest signed engravings[3] and shows four exuberant nude women gathered conspiratorially in a circle in a confined interior setting, perhaps a bathhouse,[4] which appears to have entrances from either side. Although the image is clearly erotic, a small horned demon in the left-hand portal, perhaps representing temptation,[5] looks out and holds what may be a hunting object, engulfed in flames. Quick facts Artist, Year ...… (Source: Wikipedia)
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