DURER

Παρουσίαση

On 1 April 1988 an inconspicuous visitor walked into the Durer Room in Munich. Without hesitating, he sprayed sulphuric acid onto three pictures. The acid ate into the surfaces of the Glim Lamentation (ill. p. 6), the PaumgartnerAltar(ill. p. 66/67) and the Virgin as Mother of Sorrows (ill. p. 64). The mentally disturbed individual had ruined the paintings seemingly beyond repair. The cost of the damage was later calculated at 35 million Euros. Since then the panels have undergone such thorough restoration that only on close inspection is it possible to see where the original paint has been lost. [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

"I was more inclined towards painting"
The mark of genius
For City and Emperor
In the Netherlands
Durer and religion
A new Apelles
Chronology