Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso), Albrecht Dürer, 1493

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Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso), 1493, Pen and brown ink, 10 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), In this extraordinary series of studies, Albrecht Durer has captured his own image and that of several pillows on the sheet’s front and back with incomparable brilliance, achieving at a tender age a calligraphic precision and expressiveness of line of unexcelled clarity

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Size: 2850px × 3800px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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