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Albrecht D¸rer, artist
German, 1471 - 1528
Samson Fighting with the Lion, circa 1496
Woodcut
38.9 x 27.6 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.39

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Artist Biography: Painter and printmaker. Of Hungarian descent. Son of a goldsmith. Third of eighteen children, most of whom died in infancy. Generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. Vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. His woodcuts, such as the "Apocalypse" series (1498), have a more Gothic flavor than his other work. ~~Reference: Panofsky, Erwin. Albrecht D¸rer. Princeton: 1945.~Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre-graveur. Vol. 7. W¸rzburg: 1920~Strauss, Walter L. Sixteenth Century German Artists. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol 10. New York: 1980, Abaris Books.~Strauss, Walter L. Sixteenth Century German Artists. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol 10, Commentary. New York: 1981, Abaris Books.~Meder, Joseph. D¸rer-Katalog. (Vienna: Gilhofer and Ranschburg, 1932)~~~F. W. H. Hollstein, volume VII~~

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