Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532)
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (47 x 36.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Julie and Lawrence Salander, 2006
Accession Number
2006.151.1
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 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 ...