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.”
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.
Nosegay of Violets, c.1503 by Albrecht Dürer.
Dürer’s paintings and engravings are still compelling and popular 500 years after he lived and worked. He is considered the greatest German artist of the Northern Renaissance for his paintings and most especially his graphic work. his skill came from apprenticeship in metalwork whose exactly methods made for highly detailed etchings and engravings.
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