Dürer

American

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

noun

Albrecht 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.

Dürer British

/ 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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The collection spans Old Masters like Titian, Dürer, and Goya to modern masterpieces, including Monet and de Chirico, as well as the works that were taken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Dürer, born in 1471, was a major painter and printmaker who introduced Renaissance art to Germany and northern Europe.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

The scene may have summoned to some minds famous paintings by artists like Giotto, Titian, Caravaggio and Dürer of mourning crowds surrounding Jesus as he is taken down from the cross or entombed.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

After returning to Germany, Dürer produced woodcuts and engravings.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

It had a picture of an engraving by Albrecht Dürer that had a magic square in it too.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

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