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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE) was a German Renaissance artist who is considered one of the greatest painters and engravers in history. A native of Nuremberg, Dürer was famous in his own lifetime at home and abroad for his oil paintings, altarpieces...
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The House of Albrecht Dürer
The Dürer House is the only largely originally preserved Renaissance artists' house in Northern Europe. Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) lived and worked here from 1509 to 1528. At the same time, it is a unique testimony to the bourgeois culture...
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Albrecht Dürer Self-portrait
A self-portrait by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE). c. 1500 CE (Alte Pinakothek, Munuch)
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Fisherman's House on a Lake by Albrecht Dürer
The watercolour of a fisherman's house by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE). Painted c. 1497 CE. (British Museum, London)
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Adoration of the Magi by Albrecht Dürer
The Adoration of the Magi painting by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE). Created in 1504 CE. (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
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Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter who was famous in his own lifetime for his mastery of oil painting, colouring, naturalistic scenes, and eye for detail. Amongst his masterpieces are the 1432 CE Ghent...
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Adam & Eve Engraving by Dürer
Adam and Eve, a print engraving by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). 1504 CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Triumphal Arch of Maximilian by Dürer
The Triumphant Arch of Maximilian is a composite print made from 192 woodblock printed pieces. The work was commissioned by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1508-1519 CE) and carried out c. 1515 CE by various artists supervised by Albrecht...
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The Large Piece of Turf by Dürer
The watercolour The Large Piece of Turf by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). 1503 CE. (Albertina, Vienna)
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Ghent Altarpiece
The Ghent Altarpiece, otherwise known as The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a painted panel altarpiece created in 1432 for the Vijd Chapel in the church of St. John the Baptist, now St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The work is credited...