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DÜRER, Albrecht: Pond in the Woods

🖼 Pond in the Woods, c. 1496
Watercolour and gouache on paper
262 × 374 cm
London, United Kingdom

Dappled light filters through dense forest onto still water, rendered in meticulous watercolor detail. Dürer's intimate nature study revolutionized landscape art, establishing the genre as worthy of serious artistic investigation rather than mere background decoration.

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