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Albrecht Dürer: Hieronymus Holzschuher
Photograph by Flickr user "ho visto nina volare", Creative Commons licensed
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Technically, Dürer's prints are exemplary for their detail and precision. The son of a goldsmith, Dürer was trained as a metalworker at a young age. He applied the same meticulous, exacting methods required in this delicate work to his woodcuts and engravings, notably the Four Horsemen of his Apocalypse series (1498), and his Knight, Death and Devil (1513).
Dürer's training also involved travel and study abroad. He went to Italy in 1494, and returned again in 1505-6. Contact with Italian painters resonated deeply in his art. Influenced by Venetian artists, who were renowned for the richness of their palette, Dürer placed greater importance on colour in his paintings. His Feast of the Rose Garlands (1506), removed any doubt that, as well as a master of prints, he was an accomplished painter.
Dürer was also a great admirer of Leonardo da Vinci. He was intrigued by the Italian master's studies of the human figure, and after 1506 applied and adapted Leonardo's proportions to his own figures, as is evident in his drawings. Later in his life, in the 1520's, he illustrated and wrote theoretical treatises instructing artists in perspective and proportion.
Dürer was a humanist and a creator. His awareness of his own role as an artist is apparent in his frontal, Christ-like Self Portrait, 1500, just one of many self portraits that he painted in his career. More than simply producing works for his own time, Dürer saw his fame and his contribution as enduring, and as part of history.
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Albrecht Dürer Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
N.B. For the sake of readability, we have organized external links into these different tabs:
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Albrecht Durer's House, Nuremberg, Germany
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
2 engravings online
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas NEW!
(There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)
Albrecht Durer at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Many works online
Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco NEW!
Many works online
Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK
A river landscape, drawing, 1515-20
Fitzwilliam Museum PHAROS Website, Cambridge, UK
Guggenheim Berlin
This space is now closed, but some information about past exhibitions remains online
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Walk, engraving, ca.1496-98
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
9 works by Dürer
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
3 works online by Durer
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
3 paintings online; see the "Germany" section
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Albrecht Durer at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Portrait of Erasmus, 1520
Albrecht Durer at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Self-Portrait or Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle
Albrecht Durer at the Louvre Museum, Paris
View of the Arco Valley, ca.1495
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)
Many works on paper online
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW! 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 
Saint Eustace, engraving, ca.1500-01
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NEW!
Drawings collection online
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh NEW!
National Gallery, London, UK
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW!
Includes a biography of the artist
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
5 engravings
Albrecht Durer at the Prado Museum, Madrid
In-depth analysis of Dürer's Self-Portrait, 1498
Prado Museum Database, Madrid NEW!
(Linking to the Spanish-language version because it contains far more works than the English version)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam NEW!
Schleswig-Holstein Museums, Germany
Dozens of prints online
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Melancholy / Melancholia I
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
The Apocalypse. Vision of the seven candelabras
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Nürnberg and Venetian woman
The Royal Collection, London, UK
Wetmore Print Collection at Connecticut College
Great reproductions of several series of Dürer etchings
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Adam and Eve
Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio
The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve), engraving
Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio
Samson Killing the Lion, woodcut
Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio
Saint Jerome in His Study, engraving
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Many prints online
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
A total of 11 engravings online
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
5 of the prints on the page are by Durer
Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526
Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin
Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, ca.1497-98
Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois
10 works online (Note that this site opens each work in a new window)
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)
7 prints by the artist
Carlos Museum at Emory University, Georgia
Pilate Washing His Hands from The Engraved Passion
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin
Nemesis, 1501/02
Chester Beatty Library and Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
2 engravings by the artist (#7 and #8)
Christ Church College Picture Gallery, Oxford, UK
A Knight and his Lady, pen and ink drawing, ca.1508
Christchurch Art Gallery / Te Puna O Waiwhetu, New Zealand
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio NEW!
Adam and Eve
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Sketches of Animals and Landscapes, pen and ink, 1521
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
St. Jerome in his Study, engraving, 1514
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
4 works by or related to the artist
Crocker Art Museum, California
Nude Woman with Staff, 1498
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
St. Peter and St. John Healing the Cripple, 1513
Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University, Connecticut
Knight, Death and Devil, engraving, 1513
Davistown Museum, Liberty, Maine
Unidentified print
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
Madonna on a Grassy Bench, 1503
Falmouth Art Gallery, England
2 works online
Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont
St. Michael Fighting The Dragon, 1498
Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Parma, Italy
Madonna con il Bambino
Frick Collection, New York City NEW!
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Move the date slider back to about 1500 to see 3 works by Dürer
Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, Wisconsin
Several engravings by Albrecht Dürer (hosted on Flickr)
Hammer Museum, California
Images from the 2004-2005 exhibition Proof of Genius: The Prints of Albrecht Durer
Hammer Museum, California
The Dream of the Doctor (The Temptation of the Idler), 1498-99
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. NEW!
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Melencolia I, engraving, 1514
Kunsthaus Zurich
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Alphabetically under "D"
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia
(Note: Click the title to view the artwork details, not the thumbnail image.)
Manchester City Art Gallery, UK
Marian Library at the University of Dayton, Ohio
5 engravings depicting the life of the Virgin Mary
McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal, Quebec
Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
St. Philip, 1523/26
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
5 engravings
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
2 works online
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France (in French)
Etude de draperie
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France (in French)
(If the image is not clickable, click "Agrandir l'image" to enlarge the image)
Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (in French)
Le grand cheval, 1505
Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (in French)
La Mélancolie, 1514
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Museumslandschaft Hessen, Germany (in German)
Elsbeth Tucher, 1499
Museumslandschaft Hessen, Germany (in German)
Heiliger Martin, ca.1493
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
A total of 19 works online
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
St. Jerome Penitent in the Landscape, engraving, 1496
New Art Gallery, Walsall, England
3 works online
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, England
Nickle Arts Museum at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Palazzo Rosso, Genoa, Italy (in Italian)
Click the "right" arrow until you get to Sala 13. If the "zoom" version of the images does not come up, try this page instead.
Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University
Lamentation, ca.1498-99
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
Adam and Eve, pen and ink, 1504
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
Adam and Eve, engraving (second state), 1504
Pomona College Museum of Art, California
Click on "View objects by this artist"
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
The Small Horse (see middle row)
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands (in Dutch)
San Diego Museum of Art, California NEW!
Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas
Knight Death and the Devil, engraving
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas
3 prints online
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany ( in German)
Die Heilige Familie mit der Heuschrecke, engraving, ca.1495
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany ( in German)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen, 1521
Städtischen Museen Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany (in German)
Die vier Hexen (The Four Witches), engraving, 1497
State Museums of Berlin
Hieronymus Holzschuher
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"
Studio Esseci, Italy (in Italian)
Click "Immagini" to see a large Adam and Eve
Studio Esseci, Italy (in Italian)
Click "Immagini" to see a large Madonna della pera (Madonna of the Pear)
Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia
(Click on the artwork title, not the thumbnail, to enlarge the image)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands NEW!
Works from the museum's drawings and engravings collection
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)
Albrecht Durer at the The British Museum, London, UK
Online tour: Dürer and his Legacy
Albrecht Durer at the The British Museum, London, UK
49 works by or related to Albrecht Dürer
The Wallace Collection, London, UK NEW!
The Walters Art Museum, Maryland NEW!
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
(Images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Site for a 2007 exhibition, Dürer & Cranach: Art and Humanism in Renaissance Germany
Université de Liège Collections (in French)
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City
Landscape with Cannon, 1518
University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, Missouri
Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Diadem
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville
Coat of Arms of Death, engraving, 1503
Valtion Taidemuseo (Finnish National Gallery), Helsinki, Finland
Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark (in Danish)
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
Virtual Uffizi
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)
4 works online
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)
Trabender Hengst
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Search results for "Albrecht Durer"
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Coat of Arms with a Skull, engraving, 1503
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Quite a few works online
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)
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