Endres Dürer

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Endres Dürer (born April 25, 1484 in Nuremberg ; † April 21, 1555 there ) was a German gold and silversmith.

Name variants: Andreas Dürer , Andreas Thuerer , Andreas Turer and Enndres Turer

Endres Dürer was a son of the goldsmith Albrecht Dürer the Elder. Ä. and his wife Barbara as well as the brother of the painter Albrecht Dürer the Elder. J. and Hans Dürer . In 1497 he began an apprenticeship as a goldsmith. Although not proven, it is likely that it was trained by his father. It is not known whether Endres was his master throughout the entire apprenticeship or whether Endres finished his apprenticeship with another Nuremberg goldsmith. It is also unknown where he went on his journeyman journey. However, around 1502 he seems to have been back in Nuremberg, where he presumably took over the workshop of his father, who had recently died. Possibly he made a trip to Italy around 1511, where one of the brothers of the painter Albrecht Dürer is documented for 1511. It is unclear, however, whether it was actually Endres or his younger brother Hans. In 1514 he received his master's degree and was first listed as a silver worker in the city's goldsmiths directory. In 1530 he received part of the legacy of his brother Albrecht, who died in 1528. A stay in Cracow is documented for 1532, where he possibly lived with his brother Hans. Two years later he was called back to Nuremberg and in 1538 he was again in Cracow, where he managed the estate of his brother Hans, who had died in 1534, and collected outstanding payments from him. In 1540, after the death of his sister-in-law Agnes, a large part of her legacy fell to him, including, for the second time since 1530, numerous pieces from the personal property of his brother Albrecht, which made Endres, who had previously lived rather modestly, a wealthy man. Among the pieces that came into his possession in this way was the double scourer , which Endres once made as a masterpiece. Like all other works by Endre Dürer, this one has been lost. Attempts to assign him a humpback goblet (Inv.-No .: E 61, 8) kept in the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest are pure speculation and cannot be substantiated either by documentary or by reliable comparative pieces.

Endres Dürer was married to the widowed Ursula Hirnhofer, who brought two daughters, Anna and Constantia, into the marriage.

Endres Dürer was drawn at least twice by his brother Albrecht. There is one silver pen and one pen drawing, both of which date from 1514 and are kept in the Vienna Albertina (Inv.-No .: 3137 and 3138). In addition, various attempts have been made in the past to identify two painted portraits as portraits of Endre Dürer. These are the controversial portraits of Albrecht Dürer in Budapest ( Szépmvészeti Múzeum , inv. No . : 142) and Munich ( Alte Pinakothek , inv. No .: 694).

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SURNAME Dürer, Endres
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dürer, Andreas; Thuerer, Andreas; Turer, Andreas; Turer, Enndres
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gold and silversmith
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1484
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1555
Place of death Nuremberg