Albrecht Dürer: Master of Renaissance Prints

Albrecht Dürer

A leading German Renaissance painter, printmaker, draftsman, and art theorist. He gained renown across Europe through his woodcuts and copper engravings, and authored theoretical treatises not only on painting but also on human proportions, perspective, and fortification architecture. He introduced the influence of the Italian Renaissance into German art and interacted with figures such as Raphael and Giovanni Bellini. Additionally, he enjoyed the patronage of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and in his later years showed interest in the Reformation and the ideas of Martin Luther.

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1471	Birth of Albrecht Dürer (Period: May 21, 1471, Location: Nuremberg (now Bavaria, Germany))
1480	Apprenticeship as a Goldsmith (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 8 years old, Period: Early 1480s–around 1486, Location: Nuremberg)
1486	Apprenticeship in the Workshop of Michael Wolgemut (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 14 years old, Period: 1486–1489, Location: Nuremberg) Training in the Wolgemut Workshop (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 14 years old, Period: 1486–1489, Location: Nuremberg)
1490	Travels as a Journeyman (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 18 years old, Period: 1490–1494, Location: Southwest Germany, Basel, Colmar, Strasbourg, etc.)
1492	Journey to Seek Contact with Martin Schongauer (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 20 years old, Period: Around 1492, Location: Colmar (present-day Alsace, France))
1494	First Trip to Italy, to Venice (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 22 years old, Period: Autumn 1494–Early 1495, Location: Venice (present-day Italy)) Marriage (Albrecht Dürer, Agnes Frey, Age: 23 years old, Period: July 7, 1494, Location: Nuremberg)
1495	Establishment of the Workshop in Nuremberg (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 23 years old, Period: Around 1495–, Location: Nuremberg)
1498	Publication of the Woodcut Series "The Apocalypse" (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1498, Location: Nuremberg)
1499	Swabian War (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1499, Location: Swabia, Upper Rhine, Northern Switzerland)
1500	Production of "Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight" (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1500, Location: Nuremberg)
1505	Second Trip to Italy (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 33 years old, Period: 1505–1507, Location: Venice, Bologna, etc.)
1512	Patronage of Maximilian I (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1512–1519, Location: Nuremberg, Augsburg, etc.)
1513	Production of the Master Engravings (Meisterstiche, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1513–1514, Location: Nuremberg)
1518	Attendance at the Diet of Augsburg (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 46 years old, Period: 1518, Location: Augsburg (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1519	Death of Maximilian I and the Issue of Pension Continuation (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1519–1520, Location: Nuremberg, etc.)
1520	Growing Interest in Martin Luther (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 48 years old, Period: 1520s, Location: Nuremberg, etc.) Journey to the Netherlands and Confirmation of Pension by Charles V (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 48 years old, Period: 1520–1521, Location: Antwerp, Aachen, Cologne, Bruges, Ghent, etc.) Journey to the Netherlands (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 49 years old, Period: July 1520–July 1521, Location: Antwerp, Brussels, Aachen, Cologne, Bruges, Ghent, etc.)
1524	German Peasants' War (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1524–1525, Location: Holy Roman Empire, Various Parts of Germany)
1525	Publication of "Manual of Measurement" (Underweysung der Messung, Age: 53 years old, Period: 1525, Location: Nuremberg)
1526	Production and Donation of "The Four Apostles" (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1526, Location: Nuremberg)
1527	Publication of "Four Books on Human Proportion" (Proportionslehre, Age: 55 years old, Period: 1527, Location: Nuremberg)
1528	Completion of "Four Books on Human Proportion" and Death (Albrecht Dürer, Age: 56 years old, Period: 1528, Location: Nuremberg) Death of Albrecht Dürer (Age: 56 years old, Period: April 6, 1528)

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Holy Roman Emperor	Maximilian von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg Ferdinand von Habsburg Rudolf von Habsburg Maria von Habsburg Maria von Spanien
German Reformation	Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Andreas Karlstadt Thomas Müntzer Martin Bucer Johannes Oecolampadius Georg Spalatin
German Renaissance Art	Albrecht Dürer Hans Holbein Lucas Maler Lucas Sunder Albrecht Altdorfer Matthias Grünewald
Polish Science	Nicolaus Copernicus Marcin Bylica Jan Łaski Jan Kanty Broziński

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