The Falconer and the Lady, from the series Scenes of Daily Life, ca. 1495, Engraving, sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm), Prints, Israhel van Meckenem (German, Meckenem ca. 1440/45–1503 Bocholt), This depiction of courtly love is the most refined within Israhel's series of engravings devoted to amorous relationships, from the chivalrous to the lascivious, among different classes. In fifteenth-century imagery the noble pastime of falconry was traditionally associated with love
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Falconer, Lady, series Scenes, Daily Life, ca, 1495, Engraving, sheet, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4, 16.5 10.8 cm, Prints, Israhel van Meckenem, German, Meckenem ca., 1440/45–1503, Bocholt, depiction, courtly love, refined within, Israhel, series, engravings devoted, amorous relationships, chivalrous, lascivious, different classes, fifteenth-century imagery, noble pastime, falconry, traditionally associated, love
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