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Albrecht Dürer

Also known as Dürer, Albert Duur, Albrecht Türer, Albrecht Duerer, Alber Dure, Albert Duer, Alberdure, Albrecht Dyûrâ

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)

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Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker, mathematician, and illuminator associated with the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg on 1471-05-21, he died in the same city on 1528-04-06. His notable works include *Melencolia I*, *Adoration of the Magi*, *Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe*, and *Adam and Eve*. He was the son of Albrecht Dürer the Elder and Barbara Dürer, and his sibling was Hans Dürer the Younger.

Dürer resided in Venice and Nuremberg. He was married to Agnes Dürer, and his godparent was Anton Coberger. His work has been described by sources such as *Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste*, *Schilder-boeck*, *The Catholic Encyclopedia*, and *Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie*. He is depicted in *Feast of the Rosary* and *Self-portrait at Thirteen*.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 15

Top works

Russische Graphik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
Alfred Hrdlicka, das druckgraphische Werk
Posada und die mexikanische Druckgraphik 1930 bis 1960
Max Ernst, Druckgrafik
Monika Brandmeier

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1471
Active to: 1528

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5
Total plays: 7

Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. His woodcuts <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Albrecht+D%C3%BCrer">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
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ChatGPT for good? On opportunities and challenges of large language models for education
· 2023 · cited 5,355x
Peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin compared with interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin for initial treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a randomised trial
· 2001 · cited 4,860x
The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines
· 2020 · cited 4,359x

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Quotes

“Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.”
“Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence. Now the sole reason why painters of this sort are not aware of their own error is that they have not learnt Geometry, without which no one can either be or become an absolute artist; but the blame for this should be laid upon their masters, who are themselves ignorant of this art.”
“Whoever … proves his point and demonstrates the prime truth geometrically should be believed by all the world, for there we are captured.”
“But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light.”
“The new art must be based upon science — in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.”
“There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows.”

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Albrecht Dürer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Profile of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, the Great Cardinal

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam

Portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, the Little Cardinal

John seeing the seven candlesticks

The opening of the fifth and sixth seals

St. Antony in front of the city

Christ carrying the cross

Last Supper

[St. Paul; St. Paul]

The cook and his wife

Christ before Pilate

Praying Christ

Pilate washing his hands in innocence

Crossing

The Capture of Christ

The little horse with the servant

Ascension of Christ

The Holy Family with five Angels

Last Supper

Christ’s display

Chest of Joachim Patinirs to the left

The big column with Satyr, Bl. 1: Two putts as porters

Christ before Annas

Christ farewell to his mother

Portrait of Vlrichvs Varnbvler

Written estate

Dutch travel sketch book 1520 - 1521

Praying Christ

Christ on the Cross

Willibald Pirckheimer

Saint Anthony

Door arch field

Bird Ostrich

View into a room

Study sheet with nine Christopheri

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Albrecht Dürer (/ˈdjʊərər/ DURE-ər, German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; 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. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.

Dürer's vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. The woodcuts series are stylistically more Gothic than the rest of his work, but revolutionised the potential of that medium, while his extraordinary handling of the burin expanded especially the tonal range of his engravings.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albrecht Dürer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.