DÜRER IN MEMLING’S WORKSHOP

Abstract

Albrecht Dürer is often considered one of the key German Renaissance painters and it is the reason, why different aspects of Dürer’s art and its formation continue to be immensely significant for researchers. In that regard, it is important to refer to the origins of Dürer’s art. The influence of the Venetian masters cannot be underestimated, which becomes apparent after his first trip to Italy in the mid-1490s. Also, a significant factor in Dürer’s formation as a painter was his encounter with Dutch art, what is represented in a number of his works. During his travel as a journeyman Albrecht Dürer could visit in Bruges the workshop of Memling, a key Dutch master. The first scientist who formulated that hypothesis was German researcher Hans Evers in 1972, and since then a number of publications have appeared that study both the social and historical context of Bruges and the cities Dürer visited, as well as analyze the similarities and differences in the artistic style of early Dürer and the works of Netherland painters. The purpose of the article is to summarize existing arguments and adding new ones in favor of Dürer’s visiting of Memling’s workshop in the beginning of 1490th.