Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Albrecht Durer

Nationality: German
Date of birth: 1471.05.24
Place of birth: Nuremberg
Date of death: 1528.04.05
Place of death: Nuremberg
Category: artist, print-maker

Identity:

Albrecht Durer was a German painter, printmaker, draughtsman and writer.

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; http://www.getty.edu/research (accessed 2003); 'Albrecht Dürer,' Grove Dictionary of Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 2004).