b.May 21, 1471, Imperial Free City of Nernberg [Germany] d.April 6, 1528, Nernberg Albrecht Durer (May 21, 1471 ?C April 6, 1528) was a German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg. His still-famous works include the Apocalypse woodcuts, Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514), which has been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation. His watercolours mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium. D??rer introduction of classical motifs into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, have secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical treatise which involve principles of mathematics, perspective and ideal proportions. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Renaissance in Northern Europe ever since.
Winged Man
in Idealistic Clothing, Playing a Lute 1497 Silverpoint on dark paper, with white highlights, 268 x 195 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin The statuesque model was also available to the artist during his work on The Apocalypse. In that series the head recurs not only in the destroying angels, but also in the apocalyptic horsemen and the angels that calm the winds.Artist:D?RER, Albrecht Title: Winged Man, in Idealistic Clothing, Playing a Lute Painted in 1501-1550 , German - - graphics : study