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DÜRER, Albrecht: Knight on Horseback

🖼 Knight on Horseback, c. 1512
Drawing
239 × 173 cm
Milan, Italy

Rendered in precise engraving, a mounted knight in ornate armor rides forward with lance, accompanied by Death and Devil figures flanking his path. Dürer's masterwork embodies Renaissance humanism and Protestant ideology—the virtuous warrior proceeds undaunted through moral chaos, symbolizing steadfast faith amid spiritual turmoil.

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