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DÜRER, Albrecht: Feast of the Rose Garlands

🖼 Feast of the Rose Garlands, 1506
Oil on poplar panel
162 × 194.5 cm
Prague, Czech Republic

Intricate layering of figures surrounds the Virgin and Child, rendered in oil with jewel-like precision and Renaissance spatial depth. Dürer's masterwork celebrates the rosary's spiritual power while establishing German art's technical mastery across Europe, bridging Northern and Italian traditions.

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