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For this month's highlight, we have shown one of the most famous printed images of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer's illustration known as "Knight, Death and the Devil".
This image can be reproduced in a variety of sizes, depending on individual requirements.
Should you wish to read more about this image or Master, please visit our Albrecht Dürer Collection.
The Medieval and Renaissance Collection A visually and historically significant collection of genuine Medieval and Renaissance objects d'art is waiting for you, including a monumental depiction of the Emperor Maximilian in Triumph surrounded by the Fates (Dürer's Great Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I) shown in the Dürer Collection, pages from Liber Chronicarum (The Nuremberg Chronicle) showing the creation of the World and historically significant cartographic work by Münster (Cosmographia) and Ruscelli (Geographia).
Hans Holbein the Younger's suite of illustrations for Moriae Encomium (The Praise of Folly) and Der Todten-Tantz (The Dance of Death) are shown in the Holbein Collection. Similarly, we are able to show Georg Scharffenberg's images for Der Todten-Tantz and each of the images from the 1502 Edition of Vergil's Opera prepared by the Master of the Grüninger workshop.
We are also pleased to be able to show a complete set of the illustrations from the famous 1775 Kurzböck printing of Der Weiß Kunig. Similarly, we display a complete set of coloured images from the 1517 Edition of Theuerdank. Images are also shown from other works commissioned by Emperor Maximilian, including Seel unnd heiligen Buch Kaiser Maximilians Altfordern and those in Burgkmair's Turnierbuch.
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