Rare engraving by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer - Cardinal Brandenburg

This engraving of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg is one of the most exquisite engraved portraits created by Dürer. This print has been praised for its beauty and simple yet rich image of the Cardinal seated on a cloth wall. Particularly subtle and striking is the reflection of the windowpane in the Cardinal's eyes. The inscription above lists the cardinal's official titles. The bottom reads: "So were his eyes, his cheeks, his features, at the age of 29. 1519." Artist introduction_ Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a famous German oil painter, printmaker, sculptor and art theorist in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. His high-level woodcut prints in his twenties already made him famous in Europe, and he is generally regarded as the best artist in the Northern Renaissance. His oeuvre includes altarpieces, religious works, many figure paintings and self-portraits, and etchings. Famous works of woodblock prints include the "Apocalypse" series of 1498, which has a more Gothic flavor than the rest of his works. Other famous paintings include "Knight, Death and Devil" (1513), "Saint Jerome in the Study (1514)" and "Melancholy I" (1514), which have been widely analyzed and interpreted. Dürer brought Roman mythology into northern European art through his understanding of the Italian Renaissance, which also made him one of the most important painters in the northern Renaissance. Product Information_ Name: Renaissance Artist Albrecht Dürer - 1519 Cardinal Brandenburg - Print. Dimensions: 20 x 31.5 cm. Remarks: There is the artist's initials AD on the cardboard base/in the middle of the left side of the painting. **Old pieces inevitably have traces of history, as shown in the picture, please buy only if you can accept it.