Friday, August 9, 2013

Print Wood Engraving

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, After.
Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer, was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. Between 1507 and 1511 Dürer worked on some of his most celebrated paintings: Adam and Eve (1507) After he was held by the Venetians, Dürer returned to Nuremberg by mid-1507, remaining in Germany until 1520. His reputation had spread throughout Europe and he was on friendly terms and in communication with most of the major artists including Raphael, mainly through Lorenzo di Credi — Leonardo da Vinci.

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