Roundel with Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1505–15
Medium
Colorless glass, silver stain, vitreous paint
Dimensions
Overall Diam.: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
German
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1932
Accession Number
32.24.34
Tags
MenSaint Francis
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 ...