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DÜRER, Albrecht: Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg; or, The Small Cardinal

🖼 Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg; or, The Small Cardinal, 1519
Engraving
148 × 97 cm
Karlsruhe, Germany

Intricate lines render a bearded cardinal in three-quarter view, his elaborate vestments and jeweled insignia meticulously detailed through engraving. Dürer's portrait celebrates this powerful ecclesiastical patron's wealth and influence while demonstrating the artist's supreme technical mastery of the printmaking medium.

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E. H. Gombrich
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