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ALBRECHT DÜRER
Self-portrait -
Albrecht Dürer
Public domain, via Wikimedia
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1500 - Age 28 |
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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) the Younger was born in Nuremberg,
Germany, on May 21, 1471.
- German painter, wood engraver, and theoretician
and generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist.
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Noted in particular as a draughtsman and for his copper engravings and woodcuts.
- Dürer was the first artist to master the self-portrait (he
created three, this portrait at age 28 is widely regarded as
one of the most influential self-portraits in history).
- His woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse series (1498), retain a more Gothic flavor than the rest of his work.
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He died on April 6, 1528, in Nuremberg.
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While in Nürnberg in 1512, the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I enlisted Dürer into his service, and Dürer continued to work mainly for the emperor until 1519.
(Wikipedia)
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