Vor Dürer. Kupferstich Wird Kunst at the Städel Museum

Frankfurt am Main, 1 September 2022. The Städel Museum is dedicating its own exhibition to early copperplate engraving as an artistic visual medium. From 28 September 2022 to 22 January 2023, around 130 important German and Dutch copperplate engravings from the 15th century will be presented. The exhibition traces the development of copperplate engraving from simple beginnings to increasingly sophisticated creations.

Image above: Israhel van Meckenem, Kampf zweier Wilder Männer zu Pferd, um 1480