Maximilian's Alliance with Henry VIII; The Double Wedding in Vienna; The Campaign in Gelderland; The Investiture of Massimiliano Sforza as Duke of Milan; and The Venetian War, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18
Medium
Woodcut and letterpress
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 3/16 × 24 13/16 in. (46.2 × 63 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.82.25
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer|Hans Springinklee|Hieronymus Andreae · 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 ...