Albrecht Dürer
1471–1528

Italian journeys expanded Dürer's interest in proportion and perspective alongside Northern attention to surface detail. He worked as painter, printmaker, writer and theorist. Prints carried his ideas beyond the workshop, including to Italian artists.
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Attributed to Erhard Schön · The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1975 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 / Public Domain Portrait source · Licence