Dürer, Albrecht

1. A German painter and engraver of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Dürer's career came at the beginning of the Reformation , which he supported, and many of his subjects are religious. His woodcuts — prints made from a carved wooden block — are particularly notable.

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Was it the portrait of the wife or the daughter of Holzschuer, Albrecht Durer's personal friend?

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A Madonna by Albrecht Durer is one of the treasures of the monastery.

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In Holbein's time Albrecht Durer enjoyed the primary reputation.

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A place thus seemed waiting for Albrecht Durer, the master wood-engraver.

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