Albrecht Dürer Artworks collected in Metmuseum
Albrecht Dürer (; German: [ˈʔalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; Hungarian: Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) 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 more Gothic than the rest of his work. His well-known engravings include the three Meisterstiche (master prints) Knight, Death and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514), and Melencolia I (1514). His watercolours mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his woodcuts revolutionised the potential of that medium. Dürer's introduction of classical motifs into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical treatises, which involve principles of mathematics, perspective, and ideal proportions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer
Sixteenth-century-style pendant
title: Sixteenth-century-style pendant
department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
accessionYear: 1917
Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ("Poynter Apollo")
title: Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ("Poynter Apollo")
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1963
The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"
title: The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1918
Woodblock for Samson Rending the Lion
title: Woodblock for Samson Rending the Lion
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1919
Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht
title: Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1947
The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse
title: The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1919
Samson Rending the Lion
title: Samson Rending the Lion
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1924