Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen, 1521 by Albrecht Durer
Canvas Print - 3047-DUA
Location: Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, GermanyOriginal Size: 45.5 x 31.5 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $48.01 USD
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*Max printing size: 41.3 x 28.6 in
*Max framing size: Long side up to 28"
"Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen" will be custom-printed for your order using the latest giclée printing technology. This technique ensures that the Canvas Print captures an exceptional level of detail, showcasing vibrant and vivid colors with remarkable clarity.
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Painting Information
Albrecht Dürer's captivating "Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen" from 1521. This small yet potent canvas speaks volumes about the artist's evolving mastery and the changing social landscape of its time.
Dürer presents us with a striking close-up of a young man - confident, alert, almost bristling with potential. The sitter's gaze meets ours with unflinching directness, a visual handshake across the centuries. There's a palpable sense of character here, of an individual fully present in his moment.
The composition is deceptively straightforward. Our subject dominates the picture plane, his broad hat creating a dark frame that focuses our attention squarely on that compelling face. Dürer employs a restricted palette to great effect - deep blacks and warm earth tones punctuated by the crisp white of the collar. It's in the nuanced flesh tones that the artist's technical brilliance truly shines, building up layers of subtly varied hues to create an illusion of living, breathing skin.
Notice how Dürer has pared away extraneous detail, allowing the essential elements to speak with greater force. This economical approach lends the portrait a surprisingly modern feel. The background is reduced to a warm, ambiguous glow that seems to radiate from the sitter himself.
There's a tension here between stillness and implied motion. The slight turn of the head suggests we've caught our subject in mid-thought, lending the image a sense of psychological depth. Dürer isn't merely recording a likeness; he's capturing a fleeting moment of human consciousness.
This work marks a significant shift in Dürer's portraiture. Gone is the meticulous rendering of earlier pieces, replaced by a bolder, more immediate approach. It's as if the artist is striving to match the forward-looking energy of his subject - a harbinger of the self-assured burgher class reshaping European society.
In essence, Dürer gives us more than a portrait. It's a quiet manifesto of humanist values, an affirmation of individual worth rendered with extraordinary empathy and skill. The young man's steady gaze invites us into his world, bridging the gap of centuries with the shared language of human presence.
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