Albrecht Dürer

Thomas Schauerte

Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) was already considered a great universal genius during his lifetime. Today, he is one of the most famous German artists, better versed than almost anyone else in a wide variety of media and techniques, be it drawing, painting or printmaking. Works such as the Young Hare, the Christlike self-portrait or his three master engravings (including the unique Melencolia) are icons of art history and belong to the collective pictorial memory. In this volume, Thomas Schauerte, one of the greatest connoisseurs of Dürer, traces the life of this influential artist and introduces us to his important work.