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Albrecht Dürer is known worldwide. The Nuremberg painter, who lived from 1471 to 1528, is often depicted with striking hair - as in his self-portrait.
Nuremberg - The famous Nuremberg artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) is always depicted with striking curls - which was probably an expression of a great sense of fashion. “I think his wife spent more time on his hair than on her own. They worked with starches and eggs to make the hair shiny. Cosmetics were very important back then - even among men,” said historian Ulinka Rublack to the
Nürnberger Nachrichten
(Saturday edition).
The famous self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer. © IMAGO / SuperStock
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Albrecht Dürer's hair: Shine with eggs and starches
At the same time, the scholar of European history who teaches at Cambridge emphasized that the breaks in Dürer's life and work should be brought more to the fore. Dürer should be noticed much more through these breaks than before. “He just stopped doing a lot of things in his life. With goldsmithing, for example. Or with altarpieces. He stopped producing them after 1511,” said the expert. “That was a really big decision for him - kind of like when an author of great novels suddenly only writes strong short stories.” Rublack’s book “Dürer in the Age of Miracles” was recently published
. (came/dpa)
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