DÜRER, Albrecht: The Wire-drawing Mill

✦ DÜRER, Albrecht

🖼 The Wire-drawing Mill, c. 1489

◈ Watercolour and gouache on paper

⊞ 286 × 426 cm

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◎ Berlin, Germany

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Intricate mechanical gears and water wheels power the wire-drawing process in this meticulously detailed engraving. Dürer documents Renaissance industrial innovation, elevating mundane craftsmanship to fine art through precise observation and technical mastery.

The story of art

E. H. Gombrich

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