Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. May 30, 1471 – April 16, 1528; died at 56. Alive at the same time as Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Michelangelo. Wiki link