Albrecht Dürer's Pirkheinmer Border

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Albrecht Dürer’s Pirkheimer Border is a woodcut that was created by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1513. It has a design of a combination of ribbons, grapes, columns and angels holding a shield at the bottom. A woodcut is created by carving an image on a wooden block and rolling ink over that surface, and then printing it on paper.

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Source

Knackfuss, H. Dürer (Bielefeld, DE: Velhagen & Klasing, 1900)

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