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Nemesis, or The Great Fortune

Albrecht Düreraround 1501

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Nuremberg, Germany

Albrecht Duerer presents Nemesis, the goddess of retribution, as a winged nude. She rules out of sight above the clouds: She will bridle and bind the overly confident, and reward the just with a goblet of silver.

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Title: Nemesis, or The Great Fortune
Creator: Albrecht Duerer
Date Created: around 1501
Location: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, temporary exhibition "Signs of the future"
Physical Dimensions: H 33,3 cm x B 23,1 cm
Rights: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg (Foto: GNM / Monika Runge)
Medium: engraving on paper
Art Movement: Renaissance

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

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