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Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528)

• Was a German painter and printmaker
• Born in Nuremberg.
• One of Albrecht's brothers, Hans Dürer, was also a painter.
• Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe due to his high-quality woodcut prints.
• On 7 July 1494, at the age of 23, Dürer was married to Agnes Frey, they had no children. 
• He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci.
• From 1512 he was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.
• Dürer is commemorated by both the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches.
• Dürer died in Nuremberg at the age of 56.
• He left an estate valued at 6,874 florins – a considerable sum.
• He is buried in the Johannisfriedhof cemetery.
• His large house (purchased in 1509 from the heirs of the astronomer Bernhard Walther), where his workshop was located and where his widow lived until her death in 1539, remains a prominent Nuremberg landmark, it is now a museum.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Albrecht Dürer, Dresden Altar, c. 1496.
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