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Heller Altarpiece Albrecht Dürer, 1500
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Heller Altarpiece

Albrecht Dürer · 1500

Why it's great

Mary is crowned in heaven while the apostles gather around an empty tomb full of flowers. Albrecht Dürer painted the center in 1500, and his students and Matthias Grünewald painted the side panels.

Where to see it

📍 Historical Museum FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany

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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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