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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Great Courier

🖼 The Great Courier, c. 1495
Engraving
100 × 113 cm
Berlin, Germany

Rendered in precise line work, an elegantly dressed horseman dominates the composition, his mount captured mid-stride with anatomical exactitude. Dürer's engraving demonstrates Northern Renaissance mastery of perspective and detail, establishing him as a printmaking innovator whose technical virtuosity rivaled Italian counterparts.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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