Dürer’s Meisterstiche

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Dürer’s Meisterstiche are a renowned trio of master engravings by Albrecht Dürer, celebrated for their technical virtuosity and complex symbolic content.

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Dürer’s Meisterstiche canonical 2
Dürer’s master engravings 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series ⓘ
series of prints ⓘ
approximateDate c. 1513–1514 ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance benchmark of Northern Renaissance engraving ⓘ
high point of Dürer’s printmaking ⓘ
artisticTechnique hatching and cross‑hatching ⓘ
line engraving ⓘ
artMovement Northern Renaissance ⓘ
associatedWith Christian humanism ⓘ
Renaissance theories of temperament ⓘ
memento mori themes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
criticalReception celebrated for complex symbolic content ⓘ
celebrated for technical virtuosity ⓘ
depicts Saint Jerome ⓘ
devil ⓘ
geometrical instruments ⓘ
knight on horseback ⓘ
magic square ⓘ
personification of Death ⓘ
personification of Melancholy ⓘ
polyhedron ⓘ
scholar in study ⓘ
genre engraving ⓘ
hasPart Knight, Death and the Devil ⓘ
Melencolia I ⓘ
Saint Jerome in His Study ⓘ
heldIn various museum print rooms worldwide ⓘ
iconographicTheme active life ⓘ
contemplative life ⓘ
intellectual life ⓘ
influenced iconography of melancholy in art ⓘ
later European printmakers ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
mainSubject Christian iconography ⓘ
humanist symbolism ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
material paper ⓘ
notableWorkOf Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
numberOfWorks 3 ⓘ
period early 16th century ⓘ
productionMethod copper engraving ⓘ
translationOfTitle master engravings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melencolia I → partOfSeries → Dürer’s Meisterstiche ⓘ
Knight, Death and the Devil → partOfSeries → Dürer’s master engravings ⓘ
linked to: Dürer’s Meisterstiche
MELENCOLIA I → partOfSeries → Dürer’s Meisterstiche ⓘ