Dürer

American  

[door-er, dyoor-, dy-ruhr] / ˈdʊər ər, ˈdyʊər-, ˈdü rər /

noun

1. Albrecht 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.

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Dürer British  

/ ˈdyːrər /

noun

1. Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). 1471–1528, German painter and engraver, regarded as the greatest artist of the German Renaissance and noted particularly as a draughtsman and for his copper engravings and woodcuts

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Example Sentences

For Pontormo, who studied with Leonardo da Vinci and was influenced by Michelangelo and Dürer, it’s the painting that shows him stylistically emancipated from those giants.

From The Wall Street Journal

A stroke of luck came when the painter Albrecht Dürer, then in his 50s and pre-eminent among portraitists in Europe, failed to complete a portrait commissioned by the Dutch humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam, who was living in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

The splendor of the pieces stunned even worldly observers like Albrecht Durer, the Renaissance master.

From Los Angeles Times

In his 2021 book, “Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest,” Fernando Cervantes, a British-based Mexican historian, cites Durer’s 1520 journal entry after viewing a treasure horde dispatched to Carlos V from Hernán Cortés.

From Los Angeles Times

A 500-year-old engraving by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, which is said to have been found at a tip, has sold at auction for £26,500.

From BBC