Emperor Maximilian I
Albrecht Dürer · c. 1518 · woodcut on laid paper
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About this picture
Emperor Maximilian I is a public-domain illustration by Albrecht Dürer, dated c. 1518. Woodcut on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Emperor Maximilian I” (c. 1518) 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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