Wing of a European Roller

Wing of a European Roller
Artist Albrecht Dürer
Year 1512
Type watercolor
Location Albertina, Vienna

Wing of a European Roller is a nature study watercolor by Albrecht Dürer.[1] Dürer painted it from a dead specimen.[2] The date is indicated by 1500 or 1512, although is both the image of the European Roller as well as that of their Birds is 1512.

Backround

Dürer began around 1500 the first artist to precisely paint plants and animals. Thirty years later, in 1528, Dürer published in the Proprtionslehre the theoretical background that artwork makes shown only the truth of nature.

The Wing of a European Roller belonged to a loan of Dürer works in 2013 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States, unlike the Young Hare.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Blaurackenflügel, 2013 Albertina Online.
  2. ↑ Tote Blauracke, 2013 Albertina Online.
  3. ↑ Heute.at: „Albertina verborgt 118 Dürer-Werke an US-Museum“ – 2013
  4. ↑ National Gallery of Art, zugegriffen 16.

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