The Standard Bearer
before 1500
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Leo Wallerstein
Accession Number
1950-131-153
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer, of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance, *The Standard Bearer* before 1500, early in his prolific career. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1471, Dürer was a master printmaker, painter, and theorist whose meticulous attention to detail and anatomical precision revolutionized German art. This work, classified as a figure study and now housed in the Smithsonian American Art as a gift from Leo Wallerstein captures Dürer's fascination with the human form during his formative years as apprentice and journeymanaver. Though the medium remains unidentified amid ongoing resear...