--- type: exposition title: The Age of Dürer language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/age-durer" --- # The Age of Dürer ## Austria at the Gate of the Renaissance ![Menschenmenge auf einem Dorfplatz. Engel sendet Lichtstrahl auf den Platz.](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2021-04/4881%20nach%20Restaurierung_0.jpg.webp?itok=CocmvjyJ) **Duration:** 21 October 2021 - 30 January 2022 Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Altdorfer, Jörg Breu – a few of the big names found among the contemporaries of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) active in Austria around 1500 and the decades that followed. In many cases, the works created during the transitional period from Late Gothic to the Renaissance bear witness to a new form of artistic self-conception. The Belvedere is devoting a comprehensive exhibition to this chapter of Austrian art, which thus far has received little attention. Curated by Björn Blauensteiner. \#Dürerzeit ### [Upper Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/upper-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm **Address:** Upper Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=1) ##### In cooperation with - Kurier - [Parnass](https://www.parnass.at/) ## Impressions - ![Albrecht Dürer, Die Brennerstraße im Eisacktal, um 1495 — Albrecht Dürer, The Brennerstraße in the Eisack Valley, c. 1495 — Patrimonio Nacional, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Ex47898_D%C3%BCrer_Die%20Brennerstrasse%20im%20Eisacktal_RB.jpg.webp?itok=z1emvp2N) - ![Menschenmenge auf einem Dorfplatz. Engel sendet Lichtstrahl auf den Platz. — Urban Görtschacher, Susannenlegende, ca. 1520 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-04/4881%20nach%20Restaurierung_0.jpg.webp?itok=q4xfnscz) - ![Krieger — Stefan Godl / Leonhard Magt, Naked Warrior, 1525/26 — Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum GmbH / Joanneum, Alte Galerie, Graz](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2020-12/P%20120%20Godl%2C%20Krieger%2C%20AG%20P120_2.jpg.webp?itok=VzQ1Q8kL) - ![Stigmatisation Franziskus — Lukas Cranach d. Ä., Stigmatisation des hl Franziskus, um 1502/03 — Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-05/Stigmatisation%20des%20hl.%20Franziskus.jpg.webp?itok=q7NAyzvz) - ![Sündenfall — Meister I. P., Sündenfall, 1521 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-05/S%C3%BCndenfall.jpg.webp?itok=kJF95c-9) - ![Berglandschaft mit verwitterten Weiden — Albrecht Altdorfer, Mountain Landscape with Weathered Willows, around 1511 — Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2020-12/Ex44036_Altdorfer_Berglandschaft_Akademie_RB.jpg.webp?itok=mKJttYO8) - ![Flucht nach Ägypten — Jörg Breu d. Ä., Flight into Egypt, 1501 — Photo: bpk, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Jürgen Musolf / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2020-12/Ex47695_Breu_FluchtAegypten_RB.jpg.webp?itok=upHHQIp4) - ![Ecce Homo — Urban Görtschacher, Ecce Homo, 1508 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2020-12/Go%CC%88rtschacher_EcceHomo_RB_StollNeu.jpg.webp?itok=iYCRNirL) - ![Andreas Lackner, Thronender hl. Blasius mit den hll. Rupert und Maximilian — Andreas Lackner, Enthroned St Blasius with the Sts Rupert and Maximilian, 1518 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-07/4888%20RGB.jpg.webp?itok=JHNtwgG8) ## The Exhibition At the turn of the 16th century, social and cultural upheavals left their mark on the art of the time. When the achievements of Italian Renaissance art entered the territory of what is present-day Austria, vestiges of a fading Gothic period were still discernable. Caught in transition, works of art gradually began to lose the functions they had served during the Middle Ages, whether it was the preservation of memory, the teaching of the faithful, or the promotion of devotional practice. This led to a growing artistic self-assurance on the part of the masters. Attention was focused on the aesthetic qualities of their works, and they increasingly established themselves as artists in a modern sense. Their works bear witness to a new interest in reality. As a result, mathematical-perspective constructions, meticulous depictions of nature, and portraits with a psychological dimension developed in the territory of present-day Austria as well. ## Artists and Works The exhibition will include works from the museum's own collection, some of which have been elaborately restored for the show, as well as numerous loans from national and international collections; among them, works by Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Altdorfer and Jörg Breu. In addition, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and medals by lesser-known masters will be on view, which will provide for an in-depth understanding of the high standard of production in the Austrian workshops of the time. ## Video ## Smartify ![Mann steht vor einem Bild mit dem Handy in der Hand — Photo: Ouriel Morgensztern / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2021-06/BEL_Sammlung_20200930_OurielMorgensztern_182.jpg.webp?itok=GxJExO6O) ### Explore the exhibition with Smartify Unleash the stories behind the works with our Smartify app.Enjoy the audio tour at a price of € 1,99 directly on your smartphone. Here's how it works: - Go to Apple or Android webstores to download the app for free. - Open the app and hold your smartphone camera up to the artworks to ‘scan’ them. - Download the audio tour directly to your smartphone by using the in-app purchase function. Have fun! ![Download im Apple App Store](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/media-directories/logo-apple-appstore.png) ![Download im Google Play Store](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/media-directories/logo-google-playstore.png)