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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Little Owl

🖼 The Little Owl, 1506
Watercolour on paper
Vienna, Austria

Rendered in meticulous detail, a small owl perches with piercing gaze, its feathers meticulously hatched in ink. Dürer's study demonstrates his scientific observation and pioneering printmaking technique that elevated northern European art to Renaissance sophistication.

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The story of art
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