Dürer

[ door-er, dyoor-; German dy-ruhr ]

noun

Al·brecht [ahl-brekht], /ˈɑl brɛxt/, 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.

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How to use Dürer in a sentence

Was it the portrait of the wife or the daughter of Holzschuer, Albrecht Durer's personal friend?
Cousin Pons | Honore de Balzac
A Madonna by Albrecht Durer is one of the treasures of the monastery.
Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
In Holbein's time Albrecht Durer enjoyed the primary reputation.
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 276 | Various
A place thus seemed waiting for Albrecht Durer, the master wood-engraver.
Great Artists, Vol 1. | Jennie Ellis Keysor

British Dictionary definitions for Dürer

Dürer

/ (German ˈdyːrər) /

noun

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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