Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I (1514) is one of the world’s most famous and mysterious prints. The immensely detailed engraving depicts the personification of ‘melancholy’—one of the four ...

Albrecht Dürer’s “Triumphal Arch” is one of the largest prints ever made, and after a century on view at the British Museum, its conservation was a colossal task.

For centuries, an early Venetian book sat on the shelves of a library in northwest Germany, seldom looked at and valued only for its old age. But hidden inside the volume may just be something of ...

For decades now, a gentle rivalry has grown up among Durer scholars. Where do we encounter the true essence of the artist -- in his paintings, or in the massive outpouring of his prints and works on ...

News About Albrecht Dürer One Fine Show: ‘Art, Wonder and the Natural World’ at the National Gallery of Art Works by Jan van Kessel, Albrecht Dürer and others show how the tiniest animals once ...

After viewing the National Gallery of Art's exhibition of works by Albrecht Durer, I was glad to emerge to gray skies, a bit of drizzle and streets emptier than usual. This exhibition, of drawings, ...

Journalist Charlotte Higgins reveals how German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer's international reputation and wealth derived from his genius with the medium of print. Show more Albrecht Dürer - the ...

RICHMOND -- The Monstrous Pig of Landser was born near Basel on the first of March in 1496, the year that Albrecht Durer began to cut the pear-wood blocks with which he printed his "Apocalypse." Now ...

A man bought a yellowing picture of the Virgin Mary and Child at an estate sale in Massachusetts. Experts believe it is by the renowned German artist Albrecht Dürer. By Alyssa Lukpat In 2016, a man ...

Albert and the Whale. By Philip Hoare. Pegasus Books; 304 pages; $28.95. Fourth Estate; £16.99 MARVELS WERE commonplace in Albrecht Dürer’s world. As Philip Hoare writes in his captivating study of ...

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