Durer's Journeys

An exploration of Drers career and legacy as an international traveling artist The visual legacy of Drers travels extends far beyond his lifetime and throughout Europe, and the documents illuminating them offer unique insights into the distinctive ways Drer conducted and managed his career, making him an intriguingand even controversialfigure. This generously illustrated book examines the career of preeminent Renaissance artist Albrecht Drer (14711528) as an international traveler, addressing his relations with artists from Italy to the Low Countries, including Giovanni Bellini, Joos van Cleve, Jan Gossaert, Lucas van Leyden, Quentin Massys, and Bernard van Orley. Bringing together paintings, drawings and prints, the book examines Drer as an artist-entrepreneur, explorer, and innovator of artistic theory. Drers treatises and letters, and his detailed journal documenting his journey to the Low Countries in 152021, offer insights into his artistic practices and encounters with artists and patrons, as well as the nature of travel in the early 16th century. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London March 6, 2021June 13, 2021 Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen July 18, 2021October 24, 2021