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DÜRER, Albrecht: Alliance Coat of Arms of the Dürer and Holper Families

🖼 Alliance Coat of Arms of the Dürer and Holper Families, 1490
Oil on panel
47 × 39 cm
Florence, Italy

Intricate heraldic shields interlock within elaborate Gothic framing, rendered with Dürer's meticulous precision and delicate line work. This genealogical portrait documents the artist's family alliance through marriage, establishing personal identity through heraldic tradition—a distinctly Northern Renaissance approach to commemorating lineage and social status.

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E. H. Gombrich
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