While writing a paper about Hans Holbein the younger's Lais from Corinth, I noticed that Vera Mamerow, who wrote extensively about this theme in 2006, made a comparison between italian courtesan portraits and german prints and paintings, which typically portraits a prostitute (NOT a courtesan). My questions are:

  • If courtesans ever exists in German speaking courts in the 16th century.
  • And if they did, why no one portrayed them, OR why are the portrayal of such subjects very rare.
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