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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)  Biography Page One  || 1-35 || 36-69 ||

            The central figure in the German Renaissance was Albrecht Dürer, a painter and graphic artist, one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of art.
            Albrecht Dürer was born on 21 May, 1471 in Nuremberg, south Germany, son of a prosperous goldsmith Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1427-1502), and Barbara Holper. His early training was in drawing, woodcutting and printing, which were to remain his main and favorite media throughout his artistic career. 1486 through 1489 he was apprenticed in the workshop of Nuremberg artist Michael Wolgemut.
            He traveled much. In 1490 he left his native city for four year, probably initially visiting Cologne and possibly the Netherlands. He traveled to Italy twice in 1494-95 and 1505-07, visited Venice and Bologna, perhaps Florence and Rome. His fame was broadcasted through his engravings, and artists in Italy were soon drawing on them for ideas...  Continued...

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	Saint John's Church. 1489. Watercolour and gouache on paper. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	The Wire-Drawing Mill. 1489. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany.
	Portrait of Dürer's Father. 1490. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
	Self-Portrait at 22. 1493. Oil on linen, transferred from vellum. Louvre, Paris, France.
	Christ as the Man of Sorrows. 1493. Oil on panel. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany. More.
	St. Jerome in the Wilderness. 1495. Oil on panel. National Gallery, London, UK. More.
	Virgin and Child before an Archway. 1495. Oil on panel. Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Parma, Italy.
	View of Arco. 1495. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Louvre, Paris, France.
	Putti Dancing and Making Music. 1495. Black ink on paper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
	House by a Pond. 1496. Watercolour and gouache on paper. The British Museum, London, UK.
	Pond in the Woods. 1496. Watercolour and gouache on paper. The British Museum, London, UK.
	Portrait of Frederick the Wise. 1496. Tempera on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. More.
	The Dresden Altar. 1496. Tempera on panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
	The Dresden Altarpiece. 1496. Tempera on panel, central panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
	The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin. c.1496-1497. Oil on panel. Central panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. Side panels. Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany. More.
	Willow Mill. 1496-1498. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France.
	Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70. 1497. Oil on panel. National Gallery, London, UK.
	Self-Portrait at 26. 1498. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
	Lot Fleeing with His Daughters from Sodom. c.1498. Oil and tempera on panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. More.
	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 1498. Woodcut. More.
	The Paumgartner Altarpiece. c.1498-1504. Oil on panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
	Allegory of Justice. 1498. Black ink on paper. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	Portrait of Oswolt Krel. 1499. Oil on panel, central panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. More.
	Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher. 1499. Oil on panel. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel, Germany.
	Self-Portrait at 28. 1500. Oil on panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
	Nuremberg Woman Dressed for Church. 1500. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
	Lamentation for Christ. c.1500-1503. Oil on panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. More.
	A Young Hare. 1502. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
	The Large Turf. 1503. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
	The Virgin among a Multitude of Animals. 1503. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
	The Jabach Altarpiece. c.1503-1504. Oil on panel.  Job Castigated by His Wife. Staatliche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt; More. Piper and Drummer. Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany.
	The Adoration of the Magi. 1504. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. More.
	Adam and Eve. 1504. Engraving. More.
	Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman. 1505. Oil on panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
	Madonna and Child. c.1505. Oil on panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.