Facsimile of Albrecht Dürer’s Third Knot
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Lithograph on handmade paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 10 1/16 in. (32.3 × 25.5 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Femke Speelberg, 2022
Accession Number
2022.417.1
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer|Leonardo da Vinci|Ralf Leopold von Retberg-Wettbergen · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...