Nuremberg
1471 - 1528
straddles the turn of the century
catches Luther at the end
ART SUPERSTAR:
He has a logo
He has a statue (in Nuremberg - first of an artist)
He has a beard (not fashionable)
He portrays himself - consistently (though not the first? Van Eyck?)
He portrays himself "as Jesus"
He portrayed himself - naked
He is penpals with Raphael (kind of north / south renaissance diptych)
He sends Raphael a transparent self-portrait you have to hold up to light (lost - shame)
He has apprentices (esp BALDUNG)
He is an info tech entrepreneur - engravings have a mass market
Wife sells prints in the market
But he got pirated and had to fight to protect the brand
He goes on tour - Italy
Melancholia
He's perhaps sympathetic to Luther, but notionally Catholic
- they both have Frederick The Wise as a patron
WORKS:
The engravings - four horseman, German knight, melancholia, rhino
The watercolours - turf, hare
The paintings - Madonna, self-portraits