He was SO good at depicting animals. Largely because he skinned them so he understood the underlying musculature. 😳
Oh, I didn’t know that. Talk about doing his homework.
He painted that in 1502? That’s amazing! I expected the style at the time to be very primitive. And his signature looks cool too.
I think watercolour is possibly the oldest method in the world. But as for painting of any kind, the sophistication of the renaissance was actually present much earlier, at the least in Roman times before making a resurgence later.
Thanks for posting this. Usually oil is the appreciated substance for older work. It is especially amazing the archival value of this work considering the more permanent pigments were relatively recent and the binding of it in watercolor is far more delicate than that of oil.
Indeed it is, very messy but permanent stuff. I imagine watercolour on paper is a precarious thing to preserve for hundreds of years. Main problem with oils is darkened varnish I guess?
I’m trying to get into both. I imagine myself using oils outdoors so I don’t set fire to my house :0
Oh wow I didn’t expect to run across his name in these here parts. we toured his house in Nürnberg some years ago. Totally random moment but it was really neat.
