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SCHEDULE OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF 

 ALBRECHT DURER. 



Date 



Age 



ElOGRAPHY 



Contemporary 

 Events 



1471 



to 

 1481 



1 



to 

 10 



A child at Nuremberg, the second 

 of a large family ; his father's 

 favourite. 





1481 



to 

 1491 



10 



to 

 20 



A very diligent boy. 



Apprenticed to Wohlgemuth, a 

 painter and engraver. 



Caxton aged 60. 



Edward V. 



Richard III. Mar- 

 tin Luther born. 



Henry VII. 



Star Chamber in- 

 stituted. 



1491 



to 

 1501 



20 



to 

 30 



His Wanderjahre, or year of travel. 



Visited Colmar. 

 Doubtful visit to Venice. 

 Returned to Nuremberg and married 



merchant's daughter. 

 Earliest "Apocalypse" woodcuts 



and engravings. 



Voyage of Colum- 

 bus. 



Maximilian, Em- 

 peror of Ger- 

 many. 



Savonarola burnt. 



1501 



to 

 1511 



30 



to 

 40 



Famous engraving of " Adam and 

 Year 1505 spent in Venice. [Eve." 

 From 1507 to 1519 Durer resided in 

 Nuremberg. His fame was at its 

 height. Raphael held himself 

 honoured in exchanging drawings 

 with him ; all orders of men, from 



John Knox born. 

 Henry VIII. 



1511 



to 

 1521 



40 



to 

 50 



the Emperor Maximilian down- 

 wards, delighted to honour him. 

 From Antwerp to Rome his great- 

 ness was acknowledged. 

 Visited the Netherlands to be present 

 at Coronation of Charles V. ; stayed 

 a year. 



Battle of Flodden 



Field. 

 Wolsey, Cardinal. 



Field of the Cloth 

 of Gold. 



1521 



to 

 1528 



50 



to 

 57 



Died suddenly on April 16. He had 

 suffered from illness since his visit 

 to the Netherlands. 





Durer was six years older than Titian, and twelve than 

 Raphael. He was younger than Leonardo da Vinci by thirty 

 years, and than Michael Angelo by seven years. Holbein 

 (1497) was not born till Durer was 26 years old. 

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