The Great Fortune, c. 1501-1502
Albrecht Dürerexpand_more
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Bequest of Herschel V. Jonesexpand_more P.68.148
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In this print Dürer combines Nemesis, the classical goddess of retribution, whose goblet and bridle represent favor and castigation, with the traditional winged figure of Fortune standing on a globe. The landscape beneath the figure has been identified as a view of the South Tyrolean town on Chiusa (or Klausen), which Dürer presumably drew during his first journey to Venice in 1494-95. In his landscape, Dürer combines both a panoramic vastness and an amazing amount of identifiable detail. It looks remarkably like a view a modern traveler has from an airplane.
Details
- Title
- The Great Fortune
- Artist Life
- 1471–1528
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.68.148
- Provenance
- W. H. F. K. Graf von Lepell (L. 1672); Berlin Print Room (L. 1606 & 2398); M. J. Perry (L. 1880); Rouiller Gallery, 1916
- Catalogue Raisonne
- B.77; M.72 iia/iif; Holl. 72 b/b; D.33
- Curator Approved
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