Albrecht DürerMaster of the Renaissance

1471-1528

Durer was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and

mathematician. He is best known for his woodcuts in series, including the

Apocalypse (1498), two series on the crucifixion of Christ, the Great Passion (1498-1510) and the Little Passion (1510-

11) as well as many of his individual prints, such as

Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513) and Melancholia I (1514). He made the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Self-portrait

Age 13

Age 21

                               

       Self-Portraits, 1493, age 22

Age 26

Age 28

Portraits of Father(1486) and Mother(1514)

Christ as the Man of Sorrows 1493

The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin 1496-97

The Paumgartner Altarpiece c. 1498-1504

The Beast with two horns like a lamb (c. 1496–97)from The Apocalypse series, 1511 Latin editionwoodcut

Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit 1498

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (c. 1497–98)

The Crucifixion (c. 1498,)from The Large Passion series, published 1511woodcut

St.Jerome in his Study

St. Jerome

A Young Hare 1502

The Large Turf 1503

The Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1502–03,)from The Life of the Virgin series, published 1511woodcut

Adam and Eve 1504

The Adoration of the Magi. 1504.

Christ Among the Doctors 1506

Christ washing St Peter's feet (c. 1508–09,)

from The Small Passion series, published 1511

woodcut

The Resurrection 1510, from The Large Passion series,

published 1511woodcut

The Bearing of the Cross 1512from The Engraved Passion series

The Knight, Death and the Devil

1513

  Melancholia I,

1514, Engraving

Desiderius Erasmus

Madonna and Child 1526

Praying Hands