Barbara Durer
by Jerzy Czyz
Title
Barbara Durer
Artist
Jerzy Czyz
Medium
Digital Art - Watercolor-mix
Description
Barbara Holper - 1451–1514 - when she was around 39 years old. The portrait are unflinching records of the physical and emotional effects of ageing. The Dürer family was close, and Dürer may have intended the panel either to display his skill to his parents or as keepsakes while he travelled soon after as a journeyman painter.
Barbara's portrait seems to have been executed some time after her husband's and it is unusual for a husband to be placed to the viewer's right in paired panels. His father's panel is considered the superior work and has been described as one of Dürer's most exact and honest portraits. They are among four paintings or drawings Dürer made of his parents, each of which unsentimentally examines the deteriorating effects of age. His later writings contain eulogies for both parents, from which the love and respect he felt toward them are evident.
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August 17th, 2023
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