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DÜRER, Albrecht: Dead Bluebird

🖼 Dead Bluebird, 1512
Watercolour on paper
280 × 200 cm
Vienna, Austria

Rendered in meticulous watercolor, a lifeless bluebird lies sprawled against neutral ground, every feather detailed with scientific precision. Dürer's intimate study of death revolutionized Northern Renaissance naturalism, merging artistic mastery with empirical observation.

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