''Wing of a European Roller'' (also known as ''Wing of a Blue Roller'') is a nature study watercolor by
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 ...
. Dürer painted it from a dead specimen in 1500 or 1512.
Description
The watercolor's dimensions are 19.6 x 20 centimeters. It is in the collection of the
Albertina,
Vienna.
In 2013, the ''Wing of a European Roller'' was loaned with other Dürer works, to the
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...
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National Gallery of Art, zugegriffen 16.
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See also
* List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer
References
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16th-century paintings
Watercolours by Albrecht Dürer
Birds in art
Collection of the Albertina, Vienna