Treatise on Fortification and Treatise on Measurement
Albrecht Dürer
1538
Medium
Book with woodcuts and letterpress in black on ivory laid paper
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76440
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 ...