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DÜRER, Albrecht: Combined Coat-of-Arms of the Tucher and Rieter Families

🖼 Combined Coat-of-Arms of the Tucher and Rieter Families, 1499
Oil on panel
28 × 24 cm
Weimar, Germany

Intricate heraldic symbols intertwine within ornate Gothic frames, rendered with Dürer's precise engraving technique. This combined coat-of-arms celebrates two prominent Nuremberg merchant families, demonstrating how Renaissance artists elevated genealogical portraiture into sophisticated decorative art.

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