Wednesday 31 December 2014

Albrecht Dürer - part 3

1493 Self-portrait aged 22 
oil on linen, transferred to vellum 57 x 45 cm 
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician and theorist. Dürer revolutionised printmaking, elevating it to an independent art form. His high quality woodcuts established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he is regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. His vast body of works include altarpieces and other religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.

For more biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 2 also.


This is part 3 of a 9-part post on the works of Albrecht Dürer:



1497-98 The Revelation of St John (Apocalypse)

The Revelation of St John: Title page to the edition of 1498 
woodcut 39 x 28 cm S
taatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

The Revelation of St John: Frontispiece to the Apocalypse 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Virgin and St. John title page to the second Latin Edition of 1511 
woodcut 39 x 28 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Martyrdom of St. John 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks 
woodcut 39.4 x 28.6 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: St. John before God and the Elders 
woodcut 39.2 x 27.9 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Four Horsemen 
woodcut 38.8 x 29.1 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Four Angels Restraining the Winds 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: Seven Angels with Trumpets 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: Four Avenging Angels 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 The Revelation of St John: St. John Devouring the Book 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: St. Michael Fighting the Dragon 
woodcut 39.2 x 28.3 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Apocalyptic Woman 
woodcut 39.3 x 28 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Beast with the two Horns like a Lamb. Latin edition 1511 
woodcut 39 x 27.7 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Adoration of the Lamb 
woodcut 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: The Whore of Babylon 
woodcut 39.5 x 28.6 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Revelation of St John: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 
woodcut 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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1498c The Sea Monster 
engraving 24.8 x 18.9 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1499 Felicitas Tucher, née Rieter 
oil on panel 28 x 24 cm 
Schlossmuseum, Weimar

1499 Hans Tucher 
oil on panel 28 x 24 cm 
Schlossmuseum, Weimar

1499 Elsbeth Tucher 
oil on wood 29 x 23 cm 
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel

1499 Portrait of Oswolt Krel 
oil on panel 50 x 39 cm ( centre panel ) 50 x 16 cm ( outer panels ) 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1499 Portrait of Oswolt Krel 
centre panel, oil on panel 50 x 39 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1499 Portrait of Oswolt Krel ( outer panels ) "Sylvan Men" with Heraldic Shields 
oil on panel 50 x 16 cm ( each panel ) 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1499-1503 Saint Eustace 
engraving 35 x 25.9 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1499-1503 St. Sebastian tied to a Tree 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1499c Portrait of St Sebastian with an Arrow 
oil on panel 52 x 40 cm 
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

1500 Astronomer 
woodcut 
British Museum, London

1500 Design for a Gothic Table Fountain 
56 x 35.8 cm 
British Museum, London

1500 Heracles and the Stymphalian Birds 
oil on canvas 87 x 110 cm 
Germanisches Nationalmuseum

1500 Illustration from Revelationes Sancte Birgitte 
woodcut 
British Museum, London

1500 Illustration from Revelations Sancte Birgitte, Koberger Nuremberg 
woodcut 23.2 x 14.9 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1500 Man of Sorrows with Arms Outstretched 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1500 Nuremberg Woman Dressed for Church 
pen and ink and watercolour on paper 32.5 x 21.8 cm 
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

1500 Portrait of a Young Man 
oil on panel 50 x 39 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1500-01c A Greyhound 
brush and ink 14.8 c 19.8 cm 
Royal Collection Trust 
© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1500-02 The Virgin with the Infant Christ and St. Anne 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1500-03 Coat of Arms with a Lion and a Cock 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1500-03 Lamentation for Christ 
oil on panel 151 x 121 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1500-03 Lamentation for Christ detail ( see above )

1500-04 The Visit of St. Anthony to St. Paul the Hermit 
woodcut 21.4 x 14.2 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1500-05 St. George Standing 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1500-12 Left Wing of a BlueRoller 
watercolour and gouache on vellum heightened with white 19.6 x 20 cm 
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

1500c Angel's Mass 
pen and ink 
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes

1500c Paumgartner Altar 
oil on lime panel 151 x 61 cm ( outer panels ) 155 x 126 cm ( centre panel ) 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1500c Paumgartner Altar 
left panel, oil on lime panel 151 x 61 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1500c Paumgartner Altar 
centre panel, oil on lime panel 155 x 126 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


1500c Paumgartner Altar 
right panel, oil on lime panel 151 x 61 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1501 The Arms of Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Bohemia 
woodcut 25.6 x 14.9 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501-02 Nemesis ( The Great Fortune ) 
engraving second state of two 33.3 x 23.1 ( sheet ) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501-03 Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ( "Poynter Apollo" ) 
pen and brown and black ink 21.9 x 14.5 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501-04 St. George and the Dragon 
woodcut 21 x 14.1 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501-06 Apollo and Diana 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501c Rosvitha Presenting the Comedies to the Emperor Otto I. Illustration from the Opera Hrosvita, 1501 
woodcut 21.6 x 14.6 cm ( image ) 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501c St. Eustace 
engraving 36 x 26 cm 
Albertina, Vienna

1502 The Book Plate of Wilibald Pirckheimer 
woodcut 14.9 x 11.9 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1502 Young Hare 
watercolour and gouache on paper 25.1 x 22.6 cm 
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

1502-03 The Standard Bearer 
engraving 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1502-04c Muzzle of an Ox 
watercolour 19.7 x 15.8 cm 
British Museum, London

1502c Coat of Arms with Cock 
engraving 18.8 x 10.3 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1502c Nude Woman with the Zodiac 
woodcut 
Private Collection

1503 Coat of Arms with a Skull 
engraving 22.1 x 15.8 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1503 The Great Piece of Turf 
watercolour and gouache on heightened with white on paper mounted on cardboard 41 x 31.5 cm 
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

1503 Virgin and Child on a Grassy Bench 
engraving 11.5 x 7.1 cm ( plate ) 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1503 Virgin Suckling the Child 
oil on panel 224 x 18 cm 
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna