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DÜRER, Albrecht: Study of a Man with a Drill

🖼 Study of a Man with a Drill, c. 1496
Pen and ink on paper
251 × 151 cm
Bayonne, France

Precise pen lines capture a bearded man gripping a massive drill, his muscular frame rendered with anatomical exactitude. Dürer's 1496 study demonstrates Northern Renaissance mastery of human form and labor, establishing techniques foundational to printmaking and technical drawing.

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