Knight, Death and the Devil | Albrecht Dürer | 1513 17th Century inviting viewers to lose themselves

inviting viewers to lose themselves in the idyllic and surreal beauty of the scene

He was not the first artist to record the sites

generally considered the most important German artist of his generation

skeletal imagery

A crowned skeleton

Knight, Death and the Devil | Albrecht Dürer | 1513 17th Century inviting viewers to lose themselvesKnight, Death and the Devil is a large 1513 engraving by the German artist Albrecht Drer, one of the three Meisterstiche (master prints) completed during a period when he almost ceased to work in paint or woodcuts to focus on engravings. The image is infused with complex iconography and symbolism, the precise meaning of which has been argued over for centuries. An armoured knight, accompanied by his dog, rides through a narrow gorge flanked by a goat