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DÜRER, Albrecht: Quarry

🖼 Quarry, 1506
Watercolour and gouache on paper
225 × 287 cm
London, United Kingdom

Jagged stone formations tower in precise linear perspective, rendered through meticulous pen and wash technique. Dürer captures the quarry's raw geological drama while pioneering landscape as worthy artistic subject, establishing Northern Renaissance naturalism that would influence centuries of landscape painting.

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