Meisterstiche

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Meisterstiche is a renowned trio of master engravings by Albrecht Dürer, celebrated for their technical brilliance and profound allegorical themes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork group
series of prints
artForm printmaking
artHistoricalSignificance benchmark of Northern Renaissance printmaking
pinnacle of Dürer’s engraving technique
circulation widely collected in early modern Europe
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire
creator Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED
depicts Saint Jerome NERFINISHED
armored knight
devil
dog
geometrical instruments
hourglass
lion
melancholic winged figure
personification of death
skull
study interior
genre engraving
hasPart Knight, Death and the Devil NERFINISHED
Melencolia I NERFINISHED
Saint Jerome in His Study NERFINISHED
hasQuality chiaroscuro modeling
complex symbolism
high level of detail
technical virtuosity
inception 1513
1514
influenced European printmaking
Northern Renaissance artists
influencedBy Christian theology NERFINISHED
Italian Renaissance art
languageOfWork none
locationOfCreation Nuremberg NERFINISHED
mainSubject Christian allegory
death
human condition
melancholy
moral philosophy
scholarship
virtue
materialUsed copperplate
movement Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableWorkOf Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED
significantPlace Nuremberg NERFINISHED
technique burin engraving
timePeriod early 16th century

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