Old master print
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An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition. The term remains current in the art trade, and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish
The Three Crosses, drypoint by Rembrandt, 1653, state III of IV
Melencolia I, 1514, engraving by Albrecht Dürer
This donor portrait of about 1455 shows a large coloured print attached to the wall with sealing wax. Petrus Christus, NGA, Washington.
Anonymous German 15th-century woodcut, about 1480, with hand-colouring, including (unusually) spots of gold. 5.2 x 3.9 cm (similar to the original size on most screens)
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
Old master print
…the article on printmaking summarizes the techniques used in making old master prints, from a modern perspective. Many great European artists, such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, and Francisco Goya, were dedicated printmakers. In their own day, their international reputations largely came from their prints, which…
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