Embroidery Pattern with Round Medallion in its Center
Albrecht Dürer|Leonardo da Vinci
before 1521
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 in. × 8 5/8 in. (27.9 × 21.9 cm) Image: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (27 × 21 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.13.3
Tags
Ornament
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer|Leonardo da Vinci · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...