1515
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Eight Saints of Austria is a 1515 by Albrecht Dürer, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows eight robed men standing in a line. Each holds a different object—a book, a sword, a palm branch, or a shield. Their faces are serious, and they all wear halos. The background is plain, with no landscape or extra details. Notice how the artist used simple lines and shading to make the figures look solid. The text below names each person, but it’s in Latin. Look up Renaissance next to see how this style changed art.
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
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