The Queen’s Gallery

The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein

17 June 2011 – 15 January 2012

 

This exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh celebrates the art of the Northern Renaissance, bringing together over 100 paintings, drawings, prints, manuscripts, miniatures, and sculpture by the greatest Northern European artists of the 15th and 16th centuries.

 

This was a time of dramatic change in Northern Europe – monarchs vied for territorial power, religious reformers questioned the central tenets of the church and scholars sought greater understanding of their world. Against this backdrop, artists travelled across Europe and met with writers and thinkers who were challenging accepted ideas about society and religion. They responded to their changing surroundings by producing works of ingenuity and beauty, characterised by an extraordinarily diverse subject matter and superb technical skill. Among the exhibition highlights are prints and drawings by Albrecht Dürer, mythological paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder, and preparatory drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger displayed alongside the finished oil portraits.

 

Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Royal Mile, EH8 8DX

0131 556 5100

www.royalcollection.org.uk

 

17 June – 31 October: Mon–Sun, 9.30am–6pm

1November – 15 January: Mon–Sun, 9.30am–4.30pm

 

Adult £6

Concessions: (Over 60/Student) £5.50

Under 17 £3

Under 5 Free

Family (2 adults, 3 under 17s) £

Event

5 August 2011
The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein – Curators Talk

1pm – 1.45pm

Free

For more information and to book: Nicola Jones on 0131 557 2500