Fine Art

Enthroned Monarch in ‘Oriental’ Attire — History & Facts

This unique print pulled from an unfinished copper plate, engraved by the young Albrecht Dürer, affords great insight into his working methods and the technical aspect of printmaking. The figure of the monarch is delineated by the initial striking and flowing lines cut with a burin (a pointed graver). He then worked out a part of the fabric further with hatching and short strokes.

More Artworks by Albrecht Dürer

A winged figure crowned with a wreath sits resting her head on her hand, holding a compass, surrounded by geometric shapes, tools, and a sleeping dog.

Melancholia

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer's 'St. George and the Dragon' depicts the legendary battle between the saint and the dragon.

St. George and the dragon.

Albrecht Dürer

Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe

Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe

Albrecht Dürer

Wing of a European Roller

Wing of a European Roller

Albrecht Dürer

Iris

Iris

Albrecht Dürer

The Great Piece of Turf

The Great Piece of Turf

Albrecht Dürer

A waist-up portrait of Christ against a green background, raising his right hand in blessing and holding a transparent orb topped with a cross in his left hand.

Salvator Mundi

Albrecht Dürer

Young Hare

Young Hare

Albrecht Dürer

A young man with long curled blond hair and a trimmed beard wears a patterned hat and Renaissance clothing, resting his gloved right hand on a stone ledge with a landscape behind him.

Self-portrait

Albrecht Dürer

Black and white engraving showing nude Adam and Eve with fig leaves, a serpent on a branch between them, and a detailed forest background.

Adam and Eve (The Fall of Man)

Albrecht Dürer

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More Portrait Art

A young girl in a pale dress stands center surrounded by figures including two women, a dwarf, a dog, and a man with a brush beside a large canvas.

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

A European girl wearing a blue headscarf with a yellow drape and a large pearl earring against a dark background.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

A man wearing a heavy brown coat and dark fur hat with a white bandage on his right ear clenches a wooden pipe between his lips as smoke rises.

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

Marie de' Medici stands in a lavish black and gold gown with a golden mantle and helmet, crowned by two winged putti above her, with armor and weapons at her feet against a dramatic sky.

Portrait de Marie de Médicis

Peter Paul Rubens

A seated woman in a deep blue and gold gown with a starched white ruff, holding flowers, against a red curtain and grand architectural background.

Anne of Austria, Queen of France

Peter Paul Rubens

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting the Duke on a rearing warhorse.

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi

Peter Paul Rubens

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