The Death of the Virgin
Albrecht Dürer · 1510 · Woodcut
Public domain
Marked Public Domain by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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About this picture
The Death of the Virgin is a public-domain illustration by Albrecht Dürer, dated 1510. Woodcut. The file comes from Minneapolis Institute of Art.
“The Death of the Virgin” (1510) 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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