Albrecht durer drawings ink

Vase of flowers, detail from Albrecht Dürer's great 1526 engraving of Erasmus.

Albrecht Dürer | Cain Killing Abel | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In May 1515, the first rhinoceros since antiquity to reach Europe alive arrived in Lisbon, Portugal. The ruler of Gujarat, Sultan Muzafar II, presented the exotic beast to the governor of Portuguese India, Alfonso d’Albuquerque, who then sent it to King Manuel I. Later that year, the king sent the animal as a political gift to Pope Leo X. Sadly, the ship sank on its way to Italy, and the rhinoceros drowned. Dürer and his contemporaries were fascinated with discoveries of the natural world…

National Gallery of Art

1484 Self-Portrait at the age of 13 silverpoint on paper 27.5 x 19.6 cm Albertina, Vienna Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician and theorist. Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Duurer was apprenticed to his father, a goldsmith, and to Michael Wolgemut, whose workshop produced woodcut illustrations for publications. Dürer revolutionised printmaking, elevating it to an independent art form. His high quality woodcuts established his reputation and…

Head of an old man, Dürer, pen and ink.

VUL copy lacks frontispiece

Albrecht Durer - Study of a Human Skull 1521

The Great Column (top block), Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), Woodcut, 1517.

Studies of animals and landscapes, 1521, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

Saint Thomas - Albrecht Dürer. 1514. Engraving. 120 x 76 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NY, USA.

We looked at this drawing of crushed pillows today, noticing similarities and differences, the light and shadow and overall composition. What I think it really great and can be made accessible is h…

Albrecht Durer 'Study of the left hand of an apostle' for The Heller Altar (1508).

Albrecht Dürer

Artist: Dürer, Albrecht, Title: Mann mit Bohrer, Date: ca. 1496-1497