Portret van Philipp Melanchthon
Albrecht Dürer
1526
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
174; 127
About this artwork
Portret (buste) van Philipp Melanchthon, min of meer op de rechterzijde gezien, met openvallend hemd. Onderin een tablet met Latijnse tekst.
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 ...