Durer paintings include altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings and woodcuts. Albrecht Durer was regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. Albrecht was born on May 21, 1471, in Numberg. He travelled to Italy in 1494 and remained there until 1495. The Italian trip had a strong effect on Albrecht.
Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony from 1496, was one of Albrecht's patrons. He commissioned Albrecht to paint several altarpieces, The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, The Jabach Altarpiece, The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand and The Adoration of the Magi. The latter was considered to be one of the masterpieces among Durer paintings.
The wealthy Nuremberg citizens were among the other patrons of Durer paintings, consisting of religious works. Among the pieces commissioned by these patrons included Lot Fleeing with His Daughters from Sodom, The Paumgartner Altarpiece, Lamentation for Christ and The Adoration of the Holy Trinity. These commissions were completed between 1498 and 1511.
Albrecht became an early and enthusiastic follower of Martin Luther. This new faith can be sensed in the growing austerity in style and subject of his Durer paintings representing religious works after 1520. The climax to this trend is masterfully represented by The Four Holy Men, which was completed in 1526.
A monumental print project among Durer paintings is represented by The Triumphal Arch. It was 330 cm or 11" high and composed of 192 woodblocks. It remains to be the largest woodcut print ever made to this day. Emperor Maximilian, who commissioned the huge print, granted Albrecht a pension of 100 florins, which was subsequently stopped upon the Emperor's death in 1519.
Durer paintings consisted of over 350 woodcuts and engravings, which appeared with his famous AD monogram. At least 60 of Albrecht's oil paintings have survived. There are a thousand of his drawings and watercolours, saved on paper, sometimes inscribing them with his monogram, the year it was completed and a few words of explanation about the subject matter.
Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony from 1496, was one of Albrecht's patrons. He commissioned Albrecht to paint several altarpieces, The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, The Jabach Altarpiece, The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand and The Adoration of the Magi. The latter was considered to be one of the masterpieces among Durer paintings.
The wealthy Nuremberg citizens were among the other patrons of Durer paintings, consisting of religious works. Among the pieces commissioned by these patrons included Lot Fleeing with His Daughters from Sodom, The Paumgartner Altarpiece, Lamentation for Christ and The Adoration of the Holy Trinity. These commissions were completed between 1498 and 1511.
Albrecht became an early and enthusiastic follower of Martin Luther. This new faith can be sensed in the growing austerity in style and subject of his Durer paintings representing religious works after 1520. The climax to this trend is masterfully represented by The Four Holy Men, which was completed in 1526.
A monumental print project among Durer paintings is represented by The Triumphal Arch. It was 330 cm or 11" high and composed of 192 woodblocks. It remains to be the largest woodcut print ever made to this day. Emperor Maximilian, who commissioned the huge print, granted Albrecht a pension of 100 florins, which was subsequently stopped upon the Emperor's death in 1519.
Durer paintings consisted of over 350 woodcuts and engravings, which appeared with his famous AD monogram. At least 60 of Albrecht's oil paintings have survived. There are a thousand of his drawings and watercolours, saved on paper, sometimes inscribing them with his monogram, the year it was completed and a few words of explanation about the subject matter.
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