A drawing of Dürers famous Young Hare (1502) may have been used to demonstrate skill to potential patrons, rather than as a preparatory study © The Albertina Museum, Vienna
An Albrecht Dürer exhibition at Viennas Albertina Museum offers a rare opportunity to see the finest collection of the artists drawings. These are only displayed very occasionally, for conservation reasons.
The heart of the show will be more than 100 of the Albertinas drawings, a collection which, remarkably, has been kept together since the artists death in 1528. Along with prints, these will be supplemented with key loans of associated paintings from other museums. These include a dozen pictures, such as the Adoration of the Magi (1504) from the Galleria degli Uffizi and two male portraits from the Gemäldegalerie and the Museo Nacional del Prado.
Londons National Gallery is lending two paintings and for both works the Albertinas curator, Christoph Metzger, has fresh theories. He dates the small, exquisite Saint Jerome panel to 1494, before Dürers visit to Venice, whereas the National Gallery believes it was done two years later, after his return. Concerning the Madonna with the Iris (around 1500–10), ascribed by the National Gallery to Dürers workshop, Metzger is more precise, arguing that it is by Hans Baldung Grien, a young assistant.
The special focus of Metzgers show will be on the role of drawing. He argues that famous works such as Young Hare (1502) and PrayingRead More – Source
