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Albrecht Dürer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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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

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: Sixteenth-century-style pendant
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1917

Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ("Poynter Apollo")

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ("Poynter Apollo")
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1918

Woodblock for Samson Rending the Lion

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: Woodblock for Samson Rending the Lion
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1919

Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1947

The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1919

Samson Rending the Lion

German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg / The Met

   title: Samson Rending the Lion
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1924

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Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Amman Marcus Curtius    title: Marcus Curtius    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    title: Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Triumph of Christian Faith    ti
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Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively
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Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okumura_Masanobu Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledo
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