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Young Hare, 1502

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer was a German Printmaker born on May 21, 1471. Dürer contributed to the Northern Renaissance movement and died on April 6, 1528. Get notified when Albrecht Dürer's biography is complete:

Self-portrait at the age of thirteen

Portrait of the Artist's Father

Self-portrait at age 22

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

The Apocalypse — The Four Horsemen

The Apocalypse — The Whore of Babylon

Wing of a Roller

Self-portrait at age 28

Young Hare

The Large Piece of Turf

Adam and Eve

Salvator Mundi

Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman

Feast of Rose Garlands

The Little Owl

Eva and Adam

Head of an African

Melencolia I

The Celestial Globe — Southern Hemisphere

The Rhinoceros

Portrait of Maximilian I

Dost thou see how the unjust tyranny of worldly power and the might of darkness prevail? Hear, thou knight of Christ, ride on beside the Lord Jesus; guard the truth, win the martyr's crown!

A prayer for the safety of Martin Luther

Typography that stands the test of time

Of the Just Shaping of Letters

Portrait of Jakob Muffel

Tuft of Cowslips

Outstanding Painter and Architect of the Cities

Hieronymus Bosch

Welcome to Hell

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The peasant life is the humanist ideal

Albrecht Dürer

Taking printmaking to the next level

A case of mistaken identity

Bernardo Parentino

Did you know he was a vegetarian?

Leonardo da Vinci Albrecht Dürer

Time to flex

Rich color and mood like smooth syrup

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