Illustrated book
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Albrecht Dürer. 1535. Illustrated book. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Albrecht Dürer across 4 collections
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- Melencolia IThe Cleveland Museum of Art · 1514 · 1926.211 · Compare side by side →
- Young BullThe Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1496, erroneously inscribed in another hand 1508 · 1965.408 · Compare side by side →
- Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved PassionCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · 1508 · 1951-82-4 · Compare side by side →
- Adam and EveThe Cleveland Museum of Art · 1504 · 1944.473 · Compare side by side →
Workshop, studio, or “after” attributions (kept separate)
- Dead Blue RollerRecorded as: Hans Hoffmann (German, 1545/50–1591/92); after Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Related Afterlives investigations involving Albrecht Dürer
- An animal made of reports.The British Museum states that Dürer did not see the animal and proposes a newsletter account from Lisbon as a likely source for his drawing.
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Illustrated bookObject type
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Illustrated book
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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