Nemesis (the Great Fortune), c.1502. Creator: Albrecht Durer.

Nemesis (the Great Fortune), c.1502. Creator: Albrecht Durer.

3-016-002 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Nemesis (the Great Fortune), c.1502. A powerful, middle-aged female figure, nude and winged, is placed on a globe and moves suspended between the clouds, overlooking a broad valley landscape. The latter has been identified as the village of Klausen (Chiusa) in the Valle d'Isarco in the Tyrol. The subject comes from the Latin poem Manto (Mantle) the Italian humanist Poliziano. The poem combines the goddesses of Revenge (Nemesis) and Fortune (Fortuna).


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Albrecht Durer, attributed to: German: Artist, printmaker, draughtsman, painter
People Related
  1. Poliziano: Italian: Poet

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3376x4960
File Size : 49,058kb


Aliases

  1. 41358
  1. 1952-0003-150
  1. 1160000019
  1. 3-016-002
  1. 3016002
  1. 41358

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