Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)

Albrecht Durer, famous German engraving artist, painter, sculptor and architect, born at Nurenberg (1471 - 1528). He combines in his art a bafflingly rich imagination, a mastery of color like no other, and a drawing excellence that was for his age simply without equal.

His genius is manifested mostly in his engravings in wood and copper. Albrecht Durer is an excellent portrait painter, but also liked to explore terrible subjects (The Passions of Christ, The Apocalypse, etc.).

His masterpieces are precious documents describing the history of his times. We note from his engravings "The Knight, Death and the Devil", "Melencolia", the "Great Passions" series, and "The Apocalypse"series.

Albrecht Durer was majorly influenced by the Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini.

Albrecht Durer "St Jerome in his Study" (1514) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe	Albrecht Durer "Study of a Drapery" (1508) Musée du Louvre, Paris	Albrecht Durer "Melencolia" (1514) British Museum	Albrecht Durer "Adoration of the Magi (detail)" (1504) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait at 26" (1498) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "Adam and Eve" (1507) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse" (1489)	Albrecht Durer "Studies on the Proportions of the Female Body" (1528) Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg
Albrecht Durer "Emperor Charlemagne" (1512) Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg	Albrecht Durer "The Last Supper" (1523) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait as the Man of Sorrows" (1522) Kunsthalle, Bremen	Albrecht Durer "Study of an Apostle's Hands (Praying Hands)" (1508) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Albrecht Durer "Christ Among the Doctors (detail)" (1506) Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared Robe" (1500) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Albrecht Durer "The Prodigal Son" (1496) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe	Albrecht Durer "The Adoration of the Trinity (detail)" (1511) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Albrecht Durer "Christ on the Cross with Three Angels" (1523-1525) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait at 26 (detail)" (1498) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "St Christopher" (1511) British Museum, London	Albrecht Durer "St Christopher Facing to the Left" (1521) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Albrecht Durer "Male and Female Nudes" (1516) Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	Albrecht Durer "Young Hare" (1502) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Self-portrait at 22" (1493) Musée du Louvre, Paris	Albrecht Durer "The Knight, Death and the Devil" (1513)
Albrecht Durer "The Little Owl" (1506) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "St. Michael Fighting the Dragon" (1498)	Albrecht Durer "The Rhinoceros" (1515) British Museum, London	Albrecht Durer "The Nativity" (1514) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Albrecht Durer "The Madonna and Child with a Music-making Angel" (1519) Royal Collection, Windsor	Albrecht Durer "Study of Hands" (1506) Blasius Collection, Braunschweig	Albrecht Durer "Portrait of Barbara Durer" (1490) Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg	Albrecht Durer "The Large Passion: 11. Christ in Limbo" (1510) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Albrecht Durer "Adam and Eve" (1504)	Albrecht Durer "The Virgin Mary in Prayer" (1518) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Albrecht Durer "Lot Fleeing with his Daughters from Sodom" (1498) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Albrecht Durer "The Women's Bath" (1496) Kunsthalle, Bremen
Albrecht Durer "Hand Study with Bible" () Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich	Albrecht Durer "Walrus" (1521) British Museum, London	Albrecht Durer "The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (detail)" (1508) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Young Couple Threatened by Death; or, the Promenade" (1498) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

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