Tag: ALbrecht Durer

  • Self Aware

    Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe, 1500 by Albrecht Dürer.

    Dürer was fully aware of his reference to paintings of Jesus Christ when he created this self-portrait. He did a series of self-portraits through-out his career. He writes in Latin “Thus I, Albrecht Dürer from Nuremberg, portrayed myself with characteristic colors in my 28th year.”

  • Drawing What You Know

    Sechs Kissen (Six Pillows), 1493 by Albrecht Dürer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    Dürer created this drawing as a study of shading by using cross-hatching, but it is also a study in drawing drapery.