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Albrecht Durer - Portrait of a Young Venetian WomanPortrait of a Young Venetian WomanAlbrecht Durer

Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman is a small bust length oil on elm panel painting by the German artist Albrecht Dürerfrom 1505. It was executed, along with a number of other high society portraits, during his second visit to Italy.
The woman wears a patterned gown with tied-on sleeves that sh...

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)
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Albrecht Durer - Portrait of a Young Venetian WomanPortrait of a Young Venetian WomanAlbrecht Durer

Discover the beauty and elegance of Albrecht Dürer's Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman, an exquisite oil on elm panel painting from 1505. This small bust-length portrait is one of several high-society ...

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)
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Albrecht Durer - Proportion study of female nude with a shieldProportion study of female nude with a shieldAlbrecht Durer

This beautiful female nude, compellingly set off by a black background, was not drawn from life, but constructed. On the recto, we can see that all of the essential points of the body were laid out with the help of rectangles and the extensive use of a compass. This geometric method of construction ...

Kupferstichkabinett (Berlin, Germany)
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Albrecht Durer - NemesisNemesisAlbrecht Durer

The figure of winged Nemesis – the goddess of retribution – was inspired by a poem by the Italian humanist Angelo Poliziano, who used the bridle to signify the need for restraint and the cup, reward. Nemesis balances on a sphere which symbolises the precariousness of fate. The detailed landscape bel...

National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
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Albrecht Durer - Portrait of Maximilian IPortrait of Maximilian IAlbrecht Durer

In 1512 Dürer was asked by Maximilian to participate in extensive artistic projects, which, as the emperor openly admitted, were designed to preserve his posthumous reputation. The project that was most obviously connected with that purpose was the planning of his tomb – never completed – in Innsbru...

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)

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