Albrecht Dürer's House (

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: Albrecht-Dürer-Haus) is a

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'' that was the home of

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artist

Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...

from 1509 to his death in 1528. The House lies in the extreme north-west of Nuremberg's

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, near the ''Kaiserburg'' section of the

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and the ''Tiergärtnertor'' of Nuremberg's city walls. The house was built around 1420. It has five stories; the bottom two have sandstone walls, while the upper stories are

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; the entire structure is topped by a half-hip roof. In 1501, it was purchased by

Bernhard Walther Bernhard Walther (1430June 19, 1504) was a German merchant, humanist and astronomer based in Nuremberg, Germany. Walther was born in Memmingen, and was a man of large means, which he devoted to scientific pursuits. When Regiomontanus settled in N ...

, a merchant and prominent astronomer. Walther remodeled the house, adding small windows to the roof so that it could function as an observatory. Walther died in 1504, and Dürer purchased the house in 1509. Since 1871 the Albrecht-Dürer-Haus has been a museum dedicated to Dürer's life and work. In a restoration of 1909, the large

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on the east-facing roof was replaced. In October 1944, it took significant damage from Allied bombing. It was rebuilt by 1949, but did not reopen as a museum until 1971, Dürer's 500th birthday. The museum features installations of period furnishings, a re-creation of Dürer's workshop in which visitors can view demonstrations of

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techniques, and rotating exhibitions of drawings and prints by Dürer from the City of Nuremberg's Graphic Collection. Visitors can also receive a guided tour of the house from an actress playing

Agnes Dürer Agnes Dürer née Frey (1475–1539) was the wife of the German artist Albrecht Dürer. During their marriage, which was childless, she was portrayed several times by Dürer. Agnes Dürer was the daughter of the coppersmith and lute maker Hans F ...

, the wife of the artist.Costumed Guided Tour with Agnes Dürer
Albrecht Dürer's House. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

Gallery

File:Albrecht-Dürer-Haus, interno 08 workshop.JPG, Interior: Workshop File:Albrecht-Dürer-Haus, interno 07 cucina.JPG, Interior: Kitchen File:Nuremberg 2.jpg, Exterior: seen looking down from the Nuremberg Castle File:Fotothek df ps 0004539 Burgen ^ Sonstiges ^ Türme ^ Burgtürme.jpg, Exterior: the side of the house, looking up toward the castle

References

External links

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Official site
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