Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans
Albrecht Dürer · c. 1517 · Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans is a public-domain illustration by Albrecht Dürer, dated c. 1517. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans” (c. 1517) is the kind of engraving or woodcut Dürer sent across Europe, modeling form with line rather than with a wash of color.
About the artist
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a German painter and printmaker in Nuremberg. His engravings and woodcuts circulated across Europe and taught other artists his way of modeling with line.
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