The Strada Nuova Museums in Genoa present a preview of an extraordinary series of burin engravings by Albrecht Dürer , one of the most important masters of the Nordic Renaissance and unsurpassed protagonist of this particular technique; his art has gone beyond the borders of his native Germany, becoming a point of reference for painters, draftsmen and engravers from all over Europe even in the following centuries.
The works on display are part of a private collection of engravings by great masters of the past, which a cultured and shrewd collector has put together over the years with passion and determination, which he continues to increase and which he intends to allocate to the Drawings and Prints Department of Palazzo Rosso: currently more than two hundred sheets, by some Italian artists - including Grechetto , Giambattista Tiepolo , Giandomenico Tiepolo - but above all by German artists of the early sixteenth century, such as Albrecht Altdorfer, H ans Sebald Beham , and in particular by Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528).

This is an exceptional collection in terms of consistency and quality, truly unique in the panorama of private and public collection funds of this artist at the level, at least Italian. With the agreement of the owner, the Musei di Strada Nuova present a preview of a part of the engravings by Dürer present in the collection, to make the public appreciate the exceptional quality of these superb masterpieces.

On display 54 burins and 2 etchings , which allow the visitor to follow the evolution of the artist's style and technical expertise and the changes in register in the various themes he tackled: from the first prints, in which the influence of previous Nordic masters it is more evident, as in "The holy family with the dragonfly" (1495 c.) or in the " Young woman threatened by death" (1495 c.), to the creation of a very personal style, with images of complex and fascinating symbolism, such as in "The great fortune" (1501 c.) or in "The witch rides a goat" (1505 c.), burins fundamental for the understanding of Dürer's artistic career both for the very high technical virtuosity and for the psychological depth and the wealth of symbolic meanings.