He expanded its tonal and dramatic range, and provided the imagery with a new conceptual foundation. He went on to produce independent prints, such as the engraving Adam and Eve ; Their technical virtuosity, intellectual scope, and psychological depth were unmatched by earlier printed work.
He visited the country twice, from to and again from to , absorbing firsthand some of the great works of the Italian Renaissance, as well as the classical heritage and theoretical writings of the region. Italian theoretical pursuits also resonated deeply with the artist. The artist also cast a bold light on his own image through a number of striking self-portraits—drawn, painted, and printed.
They reveal an increasingly successful and self-assured master, eager to assert his creative genius and inherent nobility, while still marked by a clear-eyed, often foreboding outlook. We offer free evaluations. Plate Signature, An Explanation. Market Watch: Old Masters on Top. Old Masters Continue to Master the Market.
Old Master Madness. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. My Favorite Items. Masterworks Fine Art. Toggle navigation. Urban Art Brainwash , Mr. Related Artists Rembrandt 1 available works. Heinrich Aldegrever 7 available works. Lucas Cranach the Elder 0 available works. Lucas Van Leyden 0 available works. Israhel Van Meckenem 0 available works. Virgil Solis 0 available works. He began a number of larger religious works, which were left incomplete, and created a handful of smaller paintings.
His last major work, the Four Apostles , was given to the City of Nuremberg. His large estate, including his house in Zisselgasse, now a museum, went to his widow.
A macabre possibility is that some of his admirers are said to have secretly exhumed his body shortly after his death to create plaster casts of his face and hands. His reputation spread throughout the continent as his prints were disseminated widely.
Promoting his name through this relatively new medium inspired the Italian masters especially, among them Raphael and Titian , who frequently engaged printmakers to create copies of their works. In Northern Europe many of his successors never created works of equal scale, focusing on smaller compositions instead.
Only the Dutch master Lucas van Leyden produced larger engravings. His output as a painter however became increasingly valued in recent centuries. His works were admired particularly in Germany between and as they were seen as the epitome of German artistic accomplishment. It was around this time that Portuguese adventurers caused an even greater sensation by transporting a rhinoceros to Europe from India for their king, Manuel I.
In the mids, he started signing his works with his initials. From then on, bouts of fever became as regular a part of his life as consultations with a doctor. He died, aged 56, in Other friends are said to have secretly exhumed his body a few days after its burial to make plaster casts of his face and hands. The lock is now kept in a silver-bound reliquary, in the Vienna Academy of Art. Related auctions. Old Master Prints Online Jul.
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