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Albrecht Dürer

German printmaker and painter

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
The son of a Nuremburg goldsmith of the same name, Albrecht Dürer was a profilic, popular, and widely influential artist. He studied in Venice and brought Italianate painting styles and forms to Germany. He is perhaps best known for having made great advancements in the techniques and art of printmaking.

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500115493.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to Albrecht Dürer:

Albrecht Dürer The Nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim Presenting Her Six Plays to Emperor Otto I, in the Presence of Her Niece, Gerberga, ca. 1501 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer A Fool Before and After (Ein Narr Ist…Als Eine Gan Geflogen Aus / Und Kommt mit Gagnack Weider Nack Haus), 1494 Woodcut and type (recto); type (verso) on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Adam and Eve, 1504 Engraving
Albrecht Dürer The Nativity, 1504 Engraving on laid paper that has become buff with age
Albrecht Dürer Ecce Homo, 1512 Engraving on heavyweight laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Bearing of the Cross, 1512 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Lamentation, 1507 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Deposition, 1512 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Crucifixion, 1508 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels, 1513 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer The Prodigal Son amid the Swine, ca. 1496 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Madonna by the Tree, 1513 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Madonna Crowned by an Angel, 1513 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Holy Family with St. John, the Magdalen and Nicodemus, 1512 Drypoint on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Holy Family with the Dragonfly, ca. 1495 Engraving
Albrecht Dürer St. Christopher, 1521 Engraving on yellowish laid paper
Albrecht Dürer St. Christopher, 1521 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer St. Eustace, 1501 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer St. Jerome in His Study, 1514 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer St. Jerome in Penitence, 1497 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Apollo and Diana, 1505 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Abduction of Proserpine, 1516 Etching printed from an iron plate on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Hercules at the Crossroads, ca. 1498-1499 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Melencolia I, 1514 Engraving on coarse laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Galloping Rider (The Little Courier), 1496 Engraving on greyish or soiled laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Young Lady on Horseback and Lansquenet, 1496-1497 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer The Standard Bearer, ca. 1502 Engraving
Albrecht Dürer Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer The Landscape with the Cannon, 1518 Etching printed from an iron plate on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526 Engraving on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer The Mocking of Christ: title page for the Large Passion, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Agony in the Garden, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Betrayal of Christ, 1501 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Flagellation, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Ecce Homo—The Presentation of Christ, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Bearing of the Cross, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Crucifixion, 1497-1500 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Crucifixion, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Deposition of Christ, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Lamentation, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Christ in Limbo, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Resurrection, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, ca. 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Last Supper, 1508 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Crucifixion, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Lamentation for Christ, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Christ at Emmaus, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Doubting Thomas, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Ascension, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Last Judgement, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Last Supper, 1523 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Seven Golden Candlesticks, ca. 1498 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer St. John before God and the Elders, ca 1496 Woodcut on laid paper
Albrecht Dürer The Four Horsemen, 1497-1498 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Beast with Seven Heads and the Beast with Lamb’s Horns, ca. 1497 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Message of the Angel to Joachim, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Adoration of the Magi, 1500-1503 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Death of the Virgin, ca. 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Holy Family with St. Joachim and St. Anne, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Holy Family with Two Angels in a Portico, ca. 1500 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Madonna as Queen of the Angels (The Madonna with Pear Crowned by Two Angels), 1518 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Saints Stephen, Sixtus, and Lawrence, ca. 1505 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Saint George, 1504-1505 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer St. John the Baptist and St. Onuphrius, ca. 1504 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer St. Jerome in His Cell, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Six Austrian Saints, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer King David as a Penitent (Der Büssende), 1510 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 1510 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Salome Bringing the Head of St. John the Baptist to Her Mother Herodias, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Hercules Conquering Cacus, ca. 1496-1498 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, 1519 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer The Arms of the Empire and Nuremberg, 1521 Woodcut
Carl Heinrich Wenng Project for an Albrecht Dürer Monument, 1829 Engraving on stone
Albrecht Dürer The Holy Trinity, 1511 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer after Academia Leonardo da Vinci The Third Knot, 1505-1507 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer after Academia Leonardo da Vinci The Fourth Knot, 1505-1507 Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer Portrait of Ulrich Varnbühler, 1522 Woodcut
After Albrecht Dürer Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian, 1515 Woodcut on laid paper in bound volume
Attributed to Albrecht Dürer Ex Libris Wilibald Pirckheimer, ca. 1500 Woodcut
School of Albrecht Dürer The Holy Kinship with St. Ann and St. Joachim, ca. 1519-1560 (ca. 1519 or ca. 1550-1560) Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and light brown inks on laid paper
School of Albrecht Dürer Christ on the Cross between Mary and St. John, late 15th century - early 16th century Woodcut
School of Albrecht Dürer Christ among the Apostles, ca. 1500-1510 Woodcut with printed text on verso on laid paper
School of Albrecht Dürer St. Sebald, 1518 Woodcut
School of Albrecht Dürer St. Christopher, ca. 1510-1520 Woodcut printed from two blocks
School of Albrecht Dürer St. Christophorus, ca. 1515 Woodcut
School of Albrecht Dürer The Arms of Stabius, 16th century Woodcut
School of Albrecht Dürer after Albrecht Dürer Portrait of Johannes Baron von Schwarzenberg, 1514 Woodcut
School of Albrecht Dürer, probably workshop of Dürer St. Christopher, 1511 Woodcut
Lucas van Leyden after Albrecht Dürer Self-Portrait, 1525 Etching
Wenceslaus Hollar after Albrecht Dürer Portrait of Albrecht Dürer, 1645 Etching
Hieronymus Wierix after Albrecht Dürer Lucas Van Leyden Aged 27, ca. 1572 Engraving
Marcantonio Raimondi after Albrecht Dürer Saint Christopher, 1501-1504 Engraving on tan laid paper
Hieronymus Wierix after Albrecht Dürer Melencolia I, 1602 Engraving on heavyweight yellowish laid paper
School of Albrecht Dürer after Albrecht Dürer Portrait of Johannes Baron von Schwarzenberg, 1514 Woodcut
Hieronymus Wierix after Albrecht Dürer St. Jerome in His Study, c. 1566 Engraving
Hieronymus Wierix after Albrecht Dürer The Virgin with Child in Swaddling Clothes, ca. 1580-1619 Engraving
Wenceslaus Hollar after Albrecht Dürer Lion in Repose, 1645 Etching on laid paper
Strixner and Piloty after Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1811 Lithograph on laid paper
Johann Jakob Haid after Albrecht Dürer Portrait of the Artist, Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1750-1767 Mezzotint on laid paper
School of Albrecht Dürer, probably workshop of Dürer St. Christopher, 1511 Woodcut
Anton Würth, with elements after Albrecht Dürer DürerÜbung III: Meerwunder, 2017 Engraving
Anton Würth, with elements after Albrecht Dürer DürerÜbung II Nemesis, 2017 Engraving
Anton Würth, with elements after Albrecht Dürer DürerÜbung II Herkules, 2017 Engraving
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