Courtyard of the Former Castle in Innsbruck with Clouds Albrecht Durer Date: 1494 Style: Northern Renaissance Genre: cityscape Watercolour on paper 335 x 267 mm Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
The picture shows a second variation of the castle courtyard in the Tirol, with clouds. The courtyard of the Gothic building is seen from a different side than in the first view. Here Dürer chose the balcony in the gate tower as his viewpoint, while in the first sheet a window in the opposite transverse wing was his starting point. There is still some uncertainty in his application of perspective here. However, the variety of forms of the Late Gothic buildings are recorded in detail.
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