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Albrecht Dürer, Dürer's coat of arms, a woodcut

Dürer's arms were adopted from those of his father, the gold…
Hans Hoffmann, Dead blue Roller, bodycolour on vellum

This is one of four recorded copies by Hoffman (about 1530-9…
Johann Anton Williard, Emperor Maximilian I visiting Albrecht Dürer in his studio, a lithograph

The humanist Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) once commented …
Portrait of Albrecht Dürer, a bronze medal after Hans Schwarz

The original medal by Hans Schwarz (1492 - after 1535) is kn…
Albrecht Dürer, Fisherman's house on a lake, near Nuremberg, a watercolour

This is one of a group of drawings which represent the count…
Albrecht Dürer, Satyr Family, an engraving

The composition of Dürer's print is similar to two engraving…
Albrecht Dürer, Three Orientals, a drawing

This drawing is based on three figures in the background of …
Caspar David Friedrich, The woman with the spider's web, a woodcut

This print is related to other compositions by Friedrich (17…
Hendrik Goltzius, Circumcision, an engraving

Goltzius (1558-1616) worked in Haarlem and was a major artis…
Lucas van Leyden, A Young Man Holding a Skull, engraving

Lucas van Leyden constantly experimented with engraving to d…
Albrecht Altdorfer, Landscape with a Spruce and Two Willows, an etching

This signed print is one of nine etchings by Altdorfer (abou…
Albrecht Dürer, Head of a Woman, a drawing

This study is drawn with a brush in black and grey bodycolou…
Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death and the Devil, a copperplate engraving

‘Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I …
Albrecht Dürer, Landscape with a Cannon, an etching

The subject matter of this print is obscure. A Turk stands p…
Albrecht Dürer, Landscape with a Woodland Pool, a drawing

It is generally agreed that this landscape drawing is one of…
Albrecht Dürer, Melancholia, an engraving

The bat-like creature flying through a night sky declares th…
Albrecht Dürer, Sudarium of St Veronica supported by two angels, an engraving

The sudarium of St Veronica is the cloth with which, accordi…
Albrecht Dürer The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a woodcut

When the 27-year-old Dürer published the text of the Book of…
Albrecht Dürer, Virgin and Child with a monkey, an engraving

The poses of the Virgin and Child reflect the classicism and…
Dalziel Brothers, Until her Death, a wood-engraving after Frederick Augustus Sandys

Sandys (1832-1904) was a Pre-Raphaelite painter from Norwich…
Dedication page to Seven places in Salzburg and Berchtesgaden...., a lithograph by Ferdinand Olivier

This is a dedication page to a series of seven landscape lit…
Erhard Schön, Head of Dürer in profile to the left, a woodcut

This print is based on a medal by Mathes Gebel (about 1500-7…
Erhard Schön, Picture Puzzle of Jonah and the Whale and a Squatting Peasant, a woodcut

Erhard Schön (1491-1592) was the most prolific woodcut desig…
Hans Baldung, called 'Grien', Witches' Sabbath, a woodcut

Hans Baldung (1485-1545) had a personal fascination with mag…
Hans Hoffmann, Dürer as a child, a drawing after Albrecht Dürer

This is a remarkably close copy of Dürer's Self-portrait at …
Heinrich Aldegrever, Design for a richly decorated dagger sheath, a copper plate engraving

The early history of engraved, copper plates for printing wa…
Hendrik Goltzius, Self-portrait, a drawing

The medium used for this fine drawing is the traditional Ren…
Johann Strixner, Soldier with Halberd; Fox and Fowl, a lithograph

In about 1508 Emperor Maximilian compiled a prayer-book, whi…
Martin Schongauer, Young Woman Fanning a fire with a bird's wing, a drawing

The meaning of this curious drawing is unclear. The young wo…
Samuel Amsler, Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr, an engraving

Carl Philipp Fohr (1795-1818) came from Heidelberg and spent…
Sebald Beham, Melancholia, an engraving

This little print is a much-simplified version of Dürer's ma…
Sebald Beham, November and December, an engraving

The two dancing couples each represent a peasant festival id…
Georg Schweigger, The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist, a honestone relief

This plaque is superbly carved in high relief in Solnhofen s…
Albrecht Dürer and others, The Triumphal Arch, woodcut

The Triumphal Arch is one of the largest prints ever produce…
Albrecht Dürer, Design for a Gothic Table Fountain

This large drawing is drawn in pen and brown ink with waterc…
Albrecht Dürer, Emperor Maximilian I, a woodcut portrait

When Maximilian of Austria (1459-1519) was elected Holy Roma…
Albrecht Dürer, Head of the dead Christ, a drawing

This dramatic drawing of the dead Christ is made in charcoal…
Albrecht Dürer, Hercules, a woodblock and woodcut

The scroll at the top of this woodcut identifies the subject…
Albrecht Dürer, St Jerome in his Study, a copperplate engraving

The lion and cardinal's hat allow us to identify the figure …
Albrecht Dürer, St Jerome seated near a pollard willow, a drypoint

Dürer only made three drypoints in his career, which probabl…
Albrecht Dürer, The Rhinoceros, a drawing and woodcut

The ruler of Gujarat, Sultan Muzafar II (1511-26) had presen…
Albrecht Dürer, The Sun, the Moon and a Basilisk, a drawing

This small drawing is a fragment cut out of an original manu…
Albrecht Dürer, Woman of Nuremberg, a drawing

This brush drawing in watercolour is a study for the woman's…
Hans Baldung, called 'Grien', The Virgin and Child and the Dove of the Holy Spirit, a drawing

Hans Baldung (about 1485-1545) was a highly imaginative and …
Hans Springinklee, St Jerome, a woodcut

This image appeared in an edition of Jerome's Latin Bible, t…
Jean Duvet, The Apocalypse, Chapters Four and Five, an engraving

The figures in this crowded composition are all described in…
Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Temptation of St Anthony, a woodcut

The image of St Anthony being beaten by devils while suspend…
Lucas van Leyden, Samson and Delilah, a copperplate engraving

The print depicts a scene from the Old Testament story of Sa…
View of Bethlehem, pen drawing by Jan van Scorel

This view was made by the artist when he visited Bethlehem, …

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