Dürer’s Meisterstiche
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Dürer’s Meisterstiche are a renowned trio of master engravings by Albrecht Dürer, celebrated for their technical virtuosity and complex symbolic content.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Dürer’s master engravings | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artwork series
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series of prints ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 1513–1514 ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
benchmark of Northern Renaissance engraving
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high point of Dürer’s printmaking ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
hatching and cross‑hatching
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line engraving ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian humanism
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Renaissance theories of temperament ⓘ memento mori themes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
celebrated for complex symbolic content
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celebrated for technical virtuosity ⓘ |
| depicts |
Saint Jerome
NERFINISHED
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devil ⓘ geometrical instruments ⓘ knight on horseback ⓘ magic square ⓘ personification of Death ⓘ personification of Melancholy ⓘ polyhedron ⓘ scholar in study ⓘ |
| genre | engraving ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Knight, Death and the Devil
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Melencolia I NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Jerome in His Study NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldIn | various museum print rooms worldwide ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
active life
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contemplative life ⓘ intellectual life ⓘ |
| influenced |
iconography of melancholy in art
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later European printmakers ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian iconography
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humanist symbolism ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| period | early 16th century ⓘ |
| productionMethod | copper engraving ⓘ |
| translationOfTitle | master engravings ⓘ |
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Dürer’s master engravings