German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471–1528)

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Albrecht Dürer in a fur-lined coat. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid.

Albrecht Dürer, aged 26. Etching by W. Hollar, 1645, after A. Dürer.

Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer with a red apple and green serpent; representing sex as a source of transmission of AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997 (?).

Christ, tied to a column, being whipped by two men. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.

Richard Bright. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

Five men sitting around a table; Hermes flying in the sky, holding the caduceus and a scroll of paper; a city (Nuremberg) in the background. Engraving by M. van Somer, 1661.

Albrecht Dürer, his engravings and woodcuts / [Albrecht Dürer].

Die geheime Offenbarung Johannis : 15 Vollbilder nach den Handzeichnungen Albrecht Dürer's und gleichzeitigem Text nach der Strassburger Ausgabe von Martin Graeff 1502 / Mit einem Vorwort und begleitender Auslegung von Prof. J.N. Sepp ; Reproduktionen der Bilder und des Urtextes durch die graphische Kunstanstalt von J. Hamböck & Cie. in München.

The rhinoceros from Dürer to Stubbs 1515-1799 / T.H. Clarke.

Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1971 / [Ausstellung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nürnberg 21. Mai bis 1. August 1971].

Dürer in Sizilien / von Wolfgang Krönig.

Albrecht Dürer e la teoria delle proporzioni dei corpi umani / Marcello Pezza ; in appendice l'edizione del 1591 ; prefazione di Giorgio van Straten.

Saint John the Evangelist. Lithograph by F. Piloty after A. Dürer.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

A man, head and shoulders, designated as Lucas van Leyden. Pen and ink drawing after Albrecht Dürer.

Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint Veronica and Saint Peter the Apostle. Engraving after A. Dürer.

De symmetria partium humanorum corporum libri quatuor, a germanica lingua in latinam versi / [Albrecht Dürer].

Saint Jerome in his study. Oil painting by a follower of Albrecht Dürer.

Saint Peter and Saint John healing the lame. Etching after A. Dürer.

The crucifixion of Christ; Saint John and the four women lament. Engraving by Wierix after A. Dürer, 1509.

Saint Christopher. Engraving by A. Dürer, 1521.

Death riding side by side with a knight, followed by a devil. Etching after A. Dürer.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving after Albrecht Dürer, 1516.

The serpent passes the fruit to Eve while Adam holds onto a branch. Line engraving after A. Durer.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

Saint Jerome. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?), after A. Dürer.

A Hungarian followed by his soldiers is surveying a cannon that is guarded by a knight; in the distance a village and hills slope down to a sea shore. Etching by H. Hopfer after A. Dürer.

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Albrecht Dürer

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Images by Albrecht Dürer

Images featuring Albrecht Dürer

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The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1971 / [Ausstellung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nürnberg 21. Mai bis 1. August 1971].

Saint Jerome. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?), after A. Dürer.

A Hungarian followed by his soldiers is surveying a cannon that is guarded by a knight; in the distance a village and hills slope down to a sea shore. Etching by H. Hopfer after A. Dürer.

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Albrecht Dürer

Images from the collections

Images by Albrecht Dürer

Images featuring Albrecht Dürer

Works from the collections

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1971 / [Ausstellung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nürnberg 21. Mai bis 1. August 1971].

Saint Jerome. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?), after A. Dürer.

A Hungarian followed by his soldiers is surveying a cannon that is guarded by a knight; in the distance a village and hills slope down to a sea shore. Etching by H. Hopfer after A. Dürer.

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