Albrecht Dürer the younger (also Duerer; * 21 May 1471 in Nuremberg; † 6 April 1528 ibid.) was a German Painter, Graphic designer, Mathematician and Art theorist. With its Paintings, Drawings, copper engravings and Woodcuts he is one of the outstanding representatives of the Renaissance.
His best-known work is probably Feldhase (1502). He mainly devoted himself to the Copperplate engraving and the template drawing for the Woodcut. He tried his hand at engraving very early on; the first dated sheet is from 1497, although it was certainly preceded by several others. Also from this period are: The Revelation of John (1498), a series of 16 woodcuts, Adam and Eve (1504), a copperplate engraving and The prodigal son with the pigs (around 1496)(Fig.)whose animal depiction was decisive for the back-breeding of the so-called Albrecht Dürer pigs was.
