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DÜRER, Albrecht: Wing of a Roller

🖼 Wing of a Roller, 1512
Watercolour and gouache on vellum
20 × 20 cm
Vienna, Austria

Iridescent feathers rendered with obsessive precision in watercolor, each quill and barb meticulously observed. Dürer's scientific study revolutionized nature documentation, merging artistic mastery with naturalistic inquiry during the Renaissance.

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