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mesmerizing meticulous images and those images have never lost their power.

Initially his fame came from woodcuts, such as Attavarain Oswars,

or his watercolours over young hair, his drawing of praying hands,

or his stunning self-portraits and his A.D. monogram.

Despite opposition, he found his own way to become a great artist,

taking public commissions that built up his reputation but didn't pay,

while creating a market for his profitable prints,

and he captured the timeless and the new in a world of great change in his paintings.

With me to discuss Aberdeer's life and works,

Susan Foister, Deputy Director and Curator of German paintings at the National Gallery,

Julia Bartram, freelance art historian and former Curator of German prints and drawings

at the British Museum, and O linka Rublek, Professor of Early Modern European History

and Fellow of St. John's College University of Cambridge.

You linka, Eurika Rublek.

Durer's born in Nuremberg.

What was particularly auspicious about that?

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