A man from Central Europe walks into an optician’s in NYC. After the usual preliminaries, the optician says, “Can you read the bottom line of the chart, sir?”“Read it?” responds the client. “I know the guy!”
Once again, so far, no work, by this artist, has appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog (if that changes, the first link will list them). A slightly-different-coloration coloration, maybe-click-to-enlarge image can be found here, along with a description. Roughly translating the Latin shown there, the tablet reads:
Albrecht Dürer, Germany, did the Virgin panelIt (answers @watmiwori) is a self-portrait, detail image in the Heller Altar’s (link shows its Wikipedia page) central panel, which isn’t, as far as I can tell, shown online, by its current-location, apart from the image on page 24 (reader page 14) of this document.A click-to-enlarge image of the full altarpiece can be found here. A different coloration, enlarged image can be found here, along with a description. As that and its Wikipedia page both state, it is a copy, made by this artist, a century before a fire destroyed the original.A smaller version, of the detail image, can be found among Dürer’s self-portraits (Google translated). The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated German Wikipedia page has more) and collection (all currently under Subcategories).
In the 19th century “tablets” were made of bone or ivory. They were the ancestors to today’s note pads, or palm pilots, or whatever you make notes to yourself on. Paper was expensive. You washed off the notes when you were done with them. They came two by two, so it shut up like a book.
BE THIS GUY almost 10 years ago
Funktioniert für Lebensmittel
watmiwori almost 10 years ago
What has Albrecht Dürer got to do with all this?
Grey Forest almost 10 years ago
Notice the flip-flops and the paint toe nails
orinoco womble almost 10 years ago
A man from Central Europe walks into an optician’s in NYC. After the usual preliminaries, the optician says, “Can you read the bottom line of the chart, sir?”“Read it?” responds the client. “I know the guy!”
tattooedcyberidiot almost 10 years ago
“Verona or bust”
jack fairbanks almost 10 years ago
Translation: Will work for pants…
katzenbooks45 almost 10 years ago
“Albertis Dvrer’s All-You-Can-Eat Buffet for 15.09!”
J Short almost 10 years ago
Hey you, yeah you with the Pan legs, get out of the road.
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
pervert telling what he has, such a liar!
mabrndt Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Once again, so far, no work, by this artist, has appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog (if that changes, the first link will list them). A slightly-different-coloration coloration, maybe-click-to-enlarge image can be found here, along with a description. Roughly translating the Latin shown there, the tablet reads:
Albrecht Dürer, Germany, did the Virgin panelIt (answers @watmiwori) is a self-portrait, detail image in the Heller Altar’s (link shows its Wikipedia page) central panel, which isn’t, as far as I can tell, shown online, by its current-location, apart from the image on page 24 (reader page 14) of this document.A click-to-enlarge image of the full altarpiece can be found here. A different coloration, enlarged image can be found here, along with a description. As that and its Wikipedia page both state, it is a copy, made by this artist, a century before a fire destroyed the original.A smaller version, of the detail image, can be found among Dürer’s self-portraits (Google translated). The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated German Wikipedia page has more) and collection (all currently under Subcategories).Snoopy_Fan almost 10 years ago
Did he play piano as a kid?
orinoco womble almost 10 years ago
In the 19th century “tablets” were made of bone or ivory. They were the ancestors to today’s note pads, or palm pilots, or whatever you make notes to yourself on. Paper was expensive. You washed off the notes when you were done with them. They came two by two, so it shut up like a book.