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Albrecht D¸rer, artist
German, 1471 - 1528
Nemesis (The Great Fortune), circa 1501 - 1502
engraving
33.3 x 22.8 cm (image); 33.3 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
Museum purchase, Gift of the Museum Society Auxiliary 1992.36.3

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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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Fortune Great The Nemesis Auxiliary Society Gift purchase Museum Europe Germany Print Study Figure Surrealism Fantasy Legend Myth engraving cup wrought metal rich proffers harness holds stands female formidable sky fortress fields town landscape cliffs rugged river village mountains over floating right base stem elaborate goblet covered hand left her bridle globe standing godddess winged naked Albrecht Dürer German 5131162228180072 A008987 1992.36.3 AFGA