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Feast of the Rosary Albrecht Dürer, 1506
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Feast of the Rosary

Albrecht Dürer · 1506

Why it's great

Mary, the baby Jesus, the Pope and the Emperor give crowns of roses to the people kneeling in front of them. Albrecht Dürer painted it in 1506 for German merchants in Venice, and he included his own self-portrait in the crowd.

Where to see it

📍 National Gallery Prague

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About the artist

Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528 · born in Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer was a German artist born in Nuremberg in 1471. He was a painter, but he is most famous for his woodcuts and engravings, which made him known across Europe, and for traveling to Italy to learn from Renaissance artists. He lived mostly in Nuremberg and died there in 1528.

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