CreatorAlbrecht Dürer (Nuremberg, 1471 - Nuremberg 1528)

Place of OriginGermany

Date1496-1497

DescriptionDürer is the first German artist who had, during his lifetime, an equal reputation to some of the Italian masters. He was the first northern art theorist and also introduced Renaissance art in the northern countries of Europe. Thanks to his travels in France, Italy, and the Netherlands, his work might be considered as a synthesis between Northern realism and fantasy with a quest to return to the models of antiquity and a ‘Golden Age’ of the art of painting.

TagsEngraving, Dürer, Burin, Fonds Suzanne Lenoir

Dimensions24,6 cm x 19 cm

Material/MediumEngraving

Image LicenseCC-BY

Image Rights Holder© Musée L - UCL

Photographic CreditsJean-Pierre Bougnet

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