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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 German Renaissance painter, printmaker, mathematician, and illuminator. Born in Nuremberg in 1471 to Barbara Dürer and Albrecht Dürer the Elder, he studied under his father and Michael Wolgemut. He resided in Nuremberg and Venice and was a citizen of the Duchy of Bavaria. Dürer married Agnes Dürer and had a sibling named Hans Dürer the Younger.

His notable works include *Melencolia I*, *Adoration of the Magi*, *Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe*, and *Adam and Eve*. His work spans the genres of portrait, religious painting, history painting, and mythological painting. He is described in sources such as *The Catholic Encyclopedia* and *Schilder-boeck*. Dürer died in Nuremberg in 1528.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Albrecht
Gender: male
Citizenship: Duchy of Bavaria
Place of birth: Nuremberg
Place of death: Nuremberg
Spouse: Agnes Dürer
Father: Albrecht Dürer the Elder
Mother: Barbara Dürer
Languages spoken: German
Native language: German
Religion: Lutheranism
Notable work: Feast of the Rosary
Student of: Albrecht Dürer the Elder
Field of work: painting
Genre: landscape painting
Movement: German Renaissance
Image: Dürer Alte Pinakothek.jpg
Work location: Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Residence: Nuremberg

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Commons category: Albrecht Dürer
date of birth: 1471-05-21
date of death: 1528-04-06
topic's main category: Category:Albrecht Dürer
Commons gallery: Albrecht Dürer
Commons Creator page: Albrecht Dürer
godparent: Anton Coberger
depicted by: Self-portrait at Thirteen
name in native language: Albrecht Dürer
sponsor: Maximilian I
student: Julius Caesar Scaliger
owner of: Portrait of the artist's father
has works in the collection: Musei di Strada Nuova
described at URL: www.arthistoricum.net/themen/wvz/albrecht-duerer/digi-literatur
ethnic group: Germans
influenced by: Jacopo de' Barbari
start of work period: 1484-01-01
end of work period: 1528-01-01
significant person: Willibald Pirckheimer
name: Albert Durer
P8168: Peter Niemeyer
has list: list of paintings by Albrecht Dürer
P12749: Helmut Sick

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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

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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.

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