Fortuna in a Niche, 1498, Pen and greenish brown ink, 12 13/16 x 4 11/16 in. (32.5 x 11.9 cm), Drawings, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), This female nude, thought to represent an allegory of Fortune, seems to hover between the real and ideal. Although certain idiosyncrasies of the anatomy suggest its derivation from a life study, it could conceivably represent Durer’s efforts to create a perfect female body based on his perception of ideal proportions
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