Documentation
Sources & method
Every sheet in this archive points back to the public collection that holds the original, and to the editorial method behind ARCHIV.
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Method
An archive built on public collections
ARCHIV gathers documented works, museum-grade reading and institutional sources. Editorial texts are written for the archive; images are reproduced from the public domain where indicated, with each work credited to the collection that conserves it.
Documented works
Each sheet carries its date, medium, dimensions and the public collection that conserves the original.
Editorial reading
Texts are written for the archive — a considered reading of each work, not aggregated captions.
Open-access images
Reproductions are public-domain files (Wikimedia Commons and institutional open content), credited to the holding museum.
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Reference collections
Where the originals are held
Paris
Musée du Louvre
Paintings and drawings, including the early self-portrait of 1493.
London
The British Museum
One of the great holdings of Dürer’s prints and drawings.
Vienna
Albertina
The watercolours and master drawings — the Young Hare and the Great Piece of Turf.
Madrid
Museo del Prado
Panels including the Self-Portrait of 1498 and Adam and Eve.
Munich
Alte Pinakothek
The Self-Portrait of 1500 and the Four Apostles.
New York
The Met
Engravings and woodcuts across the master prints and the Apocalypse.
Washington
National Gallery of Art
Impressions of the master engravings, including Melencolia I.
