Eighty-one plates show development from youth to full style. Many favorites, many are new. Introduction by Alfred Werner. "The fascination of the drawings is inexhaustible; the skill incredible; the upshot — delight." — Boston Globe.
All of Dürer's works in three mediums are reproduced in this edition.
Featured in this book are Dürer's drawings from the Albertina Museum's preeminent collection including family portraits, studies of animals and plants, and studies of the human body
Three hundred forty-six reproductions of woodcuts, arranged chronologically, by the German artist with supplementary information on his life
Issued in connection with an exhibition held March 24-June 9, 2013, National Gallery of Art, Washington.