DürerNuremberg 1471-1528
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St. Veronica’s veil was the cloth with which she wiped Christ’s face after his death and on which the imprint of his face was left. The cloth with its miraculous image is here held by the angel as though it is being blown by the wind.
Dürer’s Angel with the Sudarium (1516)
This woodcut by Dürer is known as Cain Killing Abel even though there is no way to know whether the scene is biblical or not. It might just as well be an ordinary scene of murder
Dürer’s Cain Killing Abel
Discover how two of Dürer's images are based on his own profile
Dürer’s Death of Orpheus (1494) and Descent into Limbo (1510)
Dürer’s woodcut of The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian provides further evidence that even religious scenes are self-referential.
Dürer’s Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
This is an example of a hidden face in rock being seen by others
Dürer’s Mountain Hut in Ruins (1494-5)
See how artists continually think on another level beyond the narrative
Dürer’s Rape of Europa and Other Studies (1494-5)
On the surface this drawing by Albrecht Durer appears to be a simple portrait of Saint Dominic.
Dürer’s St. Dominic (1506)
Learn how artists identified with other animals, even in the Renaissance.
Dürer’s St. Jerome in his Study (1514)
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