Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528 · Duchy of Bavaria · Renaissance

Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. Wikipedia

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Needle-sharp detail, wiry outlines and German precision — every hair and blade of grass counted; also engravings full of fine hatching.

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“Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe”, 1500 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Young Hare”, 1502 — Albertina
“Adam and Eve”, 1507 — Museo del Prado
“The Rhinoceros”, 1512 — British Museum
“Self-Portrait”, 1498 — Museo del Prado
“Feast of the Rosary”, 1506 — National Gallery Prague
“Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle”, 1493 — Louvre
“Praying Hands”, 1508 — Albertina
“Knight, Death, and the Devil”, 1513 — Israel Museum
“St. Jerome in His Study”, 1514 — Israel Museum
“Adoration of the Magi”, 1504 — Uffizi Gallery
“The Four Apostles”, 1526 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Great Piece of Turf”, 1503 — Albertina
“Triumphal Arch”, 1512 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Adam and Eve”, 1504 — Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
“The Suicide of Lucretia”, 1518 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“self-portrait in the nude”, 1500 — Weimar
“Christ Among the Doctors”, 1506 — Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
“Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand”, 1508 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Adoration of the Trinity”, 1511 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“The Sea Monster”, 1498 — Israel Museum
“Virgin and Child with Saint Anne”, 1519 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Mary and Child”, 1512 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Emperor Maximilian I”, 1519 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“St. Jerome in the Wilderness”, 1496 — National Gallery
“Heller Altarpiece”, 1508–1509 — Städel Museum
“Madonna with the Siskin”, 1506 — Gemäldegalerie
“Self-portrait at Thirteen”, 1484 — Albertina
“Seven Sorrows Polyptych”, 1495–1496 — Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
“Bagnacavallo Madonna”, 1495 — Fondazione Magnani-Rocca
“Haller Madonna”, 1495 — Thyssen-Bornemisza family Collection
“Madonna of the Animals”, 1503 — Albertina
“Portrait of a Venetian Woman”, 1505 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate”, 1504 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“Avarice”, 1507 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Wing of a European Roller”, 1500 — Albertina
“The Men’s Bath”, 1496 — British Museum
“Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents”, 1490 — Uffizi Gallery
“Saint Jerome in His Study”, 1521 — National Museum of Ancient Art
“Nemesis”, 1501 — British Museum

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