Where can you see Albrecht Dürer in Madrid?

At the Museo del Prado: Self-portrait and Adam and Eve. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Albrecht Dürer's most famous work in Madrid?

Self-portrait, of 1498, at the Museo del Prado. The painter at twenty-six in a striped cap and fine gloves, his hair in long curls, with a mountain landscape through the window. An inscription says he painted it at that age.

When and where was Albrecht Dürer born?

On 21 May 1471, at Nuremberg. Albrecht Dürer died on 6 April 1528, at Nuremberg, aged about 57.

What is Albrecht Dürer known for?

As famous for his prints as for his paintings. Painted the first life-size nudes of German art, the Adam and Eve in the Prado. Painted himself again and again. Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, of the Northern Renaissance.

Painter, 1471 to 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Dürer painted himself as no artist had before, as a gentleman. The Prado has his self-portrait at twenty-six, in a striped cap and fine gloves, with the Alps through the window.

Born: 1471, Nuremberg
Died: 1528, Nuremberg
Movement: Northern Renaissance
In Madrid: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Albrecht Dürer in Madrid

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museo del Prado2 works

Self-portrait
1498
The painter at twenty-six in a striped cap and fine gloves, his hair in long curls, with a mountain landscape through the window. An inscription says he painted it at that age.
Adam and Eve
1507
Two tall panels, the first nudes of their size in German painting, painted after his second journey to Italy.

The life of Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer was born in Nuremberg in 1471, the son of a goldsmith. He made his name across Europe in his twenties with his woodcuts, travelled twice to Italy, and met Giovanni Bellini in Venice. From 1512 he worked for the emperor Maximilian I.

He brought the classical nude and the study of proportion into northern art, and wrote treatises on perspective and the human figure. He died in Nuremberg in 1528.

What to know

As famous for his prints as for his paintings
Painted the first life-size nudes of German art, the Adam and Eve in the Prado
Painted himself again and again

Born: 21 May 1471, Nuremberg
Died: 6 April 1528, Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer: common questions

Where can you see Albrecht Dürer in Madrid?: At the Museo del Prado: Self-portrait and Adam and Eve. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Albrecht Dürer's most famous work in Madrid?: Self-portrait, of 1498, at the Museo del Prado. The painter at twenty-six in a striped cap and fine gloves, his hair in long curls, with a mountain landscape through the window. An inscription says he painted it at that age.
When and where was Albrecht Dürer born?: On 21 May 1471, at Nuremberg. Albrecht Dürer died on 6 April 1528, at Nuremberg, aged about 57.
What is Albrecht Dürer known for?: As famous for his prints as for his paintings. Painted the first life-size nudes of German art, the Adam and Eve in the Prado. Painted himself again and again. Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, of the Northern Renaissance.