"The portrait of Albrecht Dürer's father that has been sitting in the collection of the National Gallery in London for over a century has long been regarded as a copy. However, an art historian argues, in a recently published book examining the Northern Renaissance painter's oeuvre in great depth, that the painting is real."
""Quite simply: it is of outstanding artistic and technical quality and bears no trace of being a copy," Christof Metzger, chief curator of Albertina Vienna and the lead author of Albrecht Dürer. The Complete Paintings. Selected Drawings and Prints, said of The Painter's Father in an email. According to the painting's inscription, the work depicts the image of Albrecht the Elder at the age of 70 in 1497."
The portrait of Albrecht Dürer's father in the National Gallery, long regarded as a copy, is presented as an authentic work by Dürer based on its artistic and technical quality. The painting's inscription identifies Albrecht the Elder at age 70 in 1497, implying Dürer painted it at about 26. Albrecht the Elder was a Hungarian-born goldsmith who moved to Nuremberg in 1455 and initially trained his son in goldsmithing and drawing. The painting was gifted to King Charles I in 1636, and a 1639 royal inventory description matches the work despite previous judgments that it was likely a copy among multiple versions.
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