VIENNA — When one thinks of the Renaissance it is arguably the big Italian names that enjoy most prolific exhibition coverage. Not least was the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in ...
When he was around 26, the 15th-century artist Albrecht Dürer painted a portrait of his father, Albrecht the Elder. At least seven early copies of the portrait are known to exist—but for many years, ...
LONDON — Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) is by no means a blockbuster name, though his prolific output of tightly detailed, virtuosic engravings, woodcuts, drawings, and, to a lesser extent, paintings ...
Layers of dirt accumulated over the centuries, hiding the painting under what is now the church's gift shop. BDA/BDA Irene Dworak During recent restoration work at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, a historic ...
The Nuremberg artist’s revelatory experiences in Italy and beyond, which transformed the Renaissance, should have made a thrilling show. What went wrong? In Albrecht Dürer’s print The Sea Monster, a ...