Portrait of Albrecht Dürer
1608
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 33.5 × 20.2 cm (13 1/4 × 8 in.); sheet: 38.2 × 25.7 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268084
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of Renaissance reverence with Lucas Kilian's *Portrait of Albrecht Dürer* (1608), a engraving on ivory laid paper now housed in the Art Institute Chicago's Prints and Drawings. Measuring 33.5 × 20.2 cm on the plate and slightly larger on its sheet, this intimate work captures the likeness of Albrecht Dürer, the German artist who revolutionized printmaking in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Created over 80 years after Dürer's death in 1528, it reflects the enduring admiration for his genius among later generations. Kilian, a prominent engraver from Augsburg working ...
About the Artist
Lucas Kilian
Lucas Kilian (1579–1637) was one of the most celebrated engravers of early 17th-century Germany and the most prominent member of the Kilian dynasty of printmakers in Augsburg. Born in Augsburg in 1579, Lucas Kilian achieved international recognition for his technically virtuosic engravings and became a leading figure in the transition from late Renaissance to early Baroque printmaking styles. His ...