Maximiliaan I

Albrecht Dürer, 1517 - 1521

Emperor Maximilian i was the first ruler to make deliberate use of prints to enhance his own fame. The most famous example is this woodcut, modelled on a portrait of the German emperor that Albrecht Dürer drew in Augsburg. Engravings, and especially woodcuts, can be printed in staggering numbers, whereby they cost a fraction of the price of a painting.

Artwork typeprint
Object numberRP-P-OB-1495
Dimensionsheight 413 mm x width 322 mm
Physical characteristicshoutsnede

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Portret van Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object), 1526

Portret van Erasmus

Portret van Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object), 1526

Portret van Erasmus

Stamboom van Maximiliaan (onderste deel)

workshop of Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Stamboom van Maximiliaan (onderste deel)

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