Albrecht Dürer
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Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influ
Dürer's Self-Portrait at 28, 1500, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Self-portrait in silverpoint by the thirteen-year-old Dürer, 1484, Albertina, Vienna
The earliest painted Self-Portrait (Holding a Thistle), 1493, oil, originally on vellum, Louvre, Paris
Dürer's sketch of his wife Agnes Frey (″Mein Agnes"), 1494, Albertina, Vienna
Nuremberg Chronicle
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The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase. Subjects include human history in relation to the
Woodcut from 1493 depicting the burning of Jews in the 14th century, today in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland in Basel
A typical opening, uncoloured
A page from a pirated edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle 1497
Page depicting Constantinople, with added hand-colouring