Happy Birthday, Albrecht Dürer

Born May 21st, 1471. Northern Renaissance artist known as a painter, printmaker, and theorist (he wrote a well-known treatise on perspective). His copper engravings are my favorite works.

Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513–14
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Engraving 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.4 x 19.1 cm)
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943 (43.106.2)

Melencolia I, 1514
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Engraving 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (24 x 18.5 cm)
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943 (43.106.1)

Both images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; more extensive biographical info can be found there as well.