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MWW Artwork of the Day (7/19/26) Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) Study of a Man Aged 93 (1521) Brush, black & gray ink, heightened w/ white body color, on gray-violet prepared paper, 41.5 x 28.2 cm. The Albertina Museum, Vienna

Dürer prepared the painting of St. Jerome (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon) in several sketches. His model was a 93 year-old man from Antwerp. In this naturalistic brush drawing, the old man is already leaning his head on his hand, but in contrast with the painting is engrossed in his studies. In a handwritten note above the picture Dürer informs us that: "The man was 93 years old and still healthy."

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