# Music-Making Angels, in 16th-century Germany

Albrecht Dürer drew this in 1521, aged 50. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1521
- Medium: Pen and brown ink
- Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (16.9 x 22.3 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 61.257
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albrecht-durer), German, 1471–1528

Dürer trained as a goldsmith with his father and then under the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut, whose studio produced woodcut book illustrations.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/albrecht-durer?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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