Cleveland Museum of Art
Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg - the Large Plate
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1523
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 127858
From LinkedCulture
Six years after Cardinal Albrecht's sale of indulgences helped spark Martin Luther's protest, Albrecht Dürer captured him here in razor-sharp profile, wearing his broad ecclesiastical hat and heavy draped mozzetta. Dürer's fine cross-hatching models the soft weight of his jaw and the fall of fabric with striking precision. Made in Germany in 1523, this engraving is one of Dürer's most refined portraits, freezing a powerful and controversial churchman at the exact hinge point of the Reformation.
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A profile portrait of a man wearing a bishop's hat and robes.
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- Gift of Harry D. Kendrick
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