Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I (1514) is one of the world’s most famous and mysterious prints. The immensely detailed engraving depicts the personification of ‘melancholy’—one of the four ...

Originally finding fame for his woodcuts, the 16th-Century German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer “collapses the world” between observers today and his paintings created 500 years ago. If you look ...

VIENNA — When one thinks of the Renaissance it is arguably the big Italian names that enjoy most prolific exhibition coverage. Not least was the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in ...

A portrait of Albrecht Dürer’s father, long considered a copy, is authentic, argues art historian Christof Metzger. The work, held in London’s National Gallery, was deemed a copy based on its “unusual ...

From across the corridor, Christof Metzger and Klaus Albrecht Schröder lock eyes as they begin the countdown. “One, two, three.” They move in unison, cards unlocking the first of three high-security ...

Albrecht Dürer, “Head of an Apostle Looking Up” (1508). Brush and gray and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white on blue prepared paper; fracture line from top to bottom approximately 2 cm from ...

Almost 500 years after his death, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) remains revered, the first of the great German painters, and still… Almost 500 years after his death, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) remains ...

Almost 500 years after the death of Albrecht Dürer, new details about the mysterious life of the Renaissance painter are coming to light. To uncover the secrets of his brilliant works, researchers ...

Two galleries in Britain have been asked to return paintings by the famed German artist Albrecht Dürer. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the Courtauld Institute Gallery both own works by Dürer.

NUREMBERG, Germany – A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerer’s hometown opened Thursday, bringing together works by the German Renaissance artist from a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early ...