Early life (1471–1490) Albrecht Dürer

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self-portrait silverpoint drawing thirteen-year-old dürer, 1484


dürer born on 21 may 1471, third child , second son of parents, had @ least fourteen , possibly many eighteen children. father, albrecht dürer elder (originally albrecht ajtósi), successful goldsmith in 1455 had moved nuremberg ajtós (hu; fr), near gyula in hungary. 1 of albrecht s brothers, hans dürer, painter , trained under him. of albrecht s brothers, endres dürer, took on father s business , master goldsmith. german name dürer translation hungarian, ajtósi . initially, türer , meaning doormaker, ajtós in hungarian (from ajtó , meaning door). door featured in coat-of-arms family acquired. albrecht dürer younger later changed türer , father s diction of family s surname, dürer , adapt local nuremberg dialect. albrecht dürer elder married barbara holper, daughter of master when himself became master in 1467.



woodcut dürer of coat of arms, featured door pun on name, winged bust of moor


dürer s godfather anton koberger, left goldsmithing become printer , publisher in year of dürer s birth , became successful publisher in germany, owning twenty-four printing-presses , having many offices in germany , abroad. koberger s famous publication nuremberg chronicle, published in 1493 in german , latin editions. contained unprecedented 1,809 woodcut illustrations (albeit many repeated uses of same block) wolgemut workshop. dürer may have worked on of these, work on project began while wolgemut.


because dürer left autobiographical writings , became famous mid-twenties, life documented several sources. after few years of school, dürer started learn basics of goldsmithing , drawing father. though father wanted him continue training goldsmith, showed such precocious talent in drawing started apprentice michael wolgemut @ age of fifteen in 1486. self-portrait, drawing in silverpoint, dated 1484 (albertina, vienna) when child , later inscription says. wolgemut leading artist in nuremberg @ time, large workshop producing variety of works of art, in particular woodcuts books. nuremberg important , prosperous city, centre publishing , many luxury trades. had strong links italy, venice, relatively short distance across alps.








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