34 moments

1. Birth in Nuremberg

   1471-05-21 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

   

   Dürer was born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, where he would develop his career as an artist, printmaker, and theorist. Settlement coordinates.

2. Apprenticeship with Michael Wolgemut

   1486-01-01 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

   

   At fifteen, Dürer began an apprenticeship with Nuremberg artist Michael Wolgemut, establishing his professional artistic training in his native city. The source identifies Wolgemut as Nuremberg's leading artist; settlement coordinates are used.

3. Stay in Basel

   1492-01-01 · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

   Later in 1492, Dürer traveled to Basel and stayed with Georg Schongauer, continuing his journeyman travel and artistic formation. Settlement coordinates.

4. Wanderjahre visit to Colmar

   1492-01-01 · Colmar, Grand Est, France

   During his journeyman years, Dürer reached Colmar after Martin Schongauer's death and was welcomed by Schongauer's brothers. Settlement coordinates.

5. Visit to Strasbourg

   1493-01-01 · Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

   

   Dürer went to Strasbourg during his Wanderjahre, where the city's sculpture was among the artistic works available to him. Settlement coordinates.

6. First Italian journey: Venice

   1494-01-01 · Venice, Veneto, Italy

   Dürer traveled alone to Italy soon after his marriage and went to Venice to study its artistic world. The source dates the journey to 1494–1495 but does not provide a more precise Venice arrival date.

7. Marriage to Agnes Frey

   1494-07-07 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

   

   After returning from his journeyman travels, Dürer married Agnes Frey in Nuremberg. Settlement coordinates.

8. Workshop opened after return

   1495-01-01 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

   After his first Italian journey, Dürer returned to Nuremberg and opened his own workshop, beginning an independent career there. Settlement coordinates.

9. Second Venetian residence

   1506-01-01 · Venice, Veneto, Italy

   

   Dürer returned to Venice in early 1506 and remained through the spring of 1507, receiving the commission for the Feast of the Rosary. Settlement coordinates.

10. Letter from Venice

    1506-01-06 · Venice, Veneto, Italy

    

    During his second Italian journey, Dürer wrote from Venice while working on the Feast of the Rosary for the German community's church. Settlement coordinates.

11. Return from Venice to Nuremberg

    1507-01-01 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

    Dürer returned to Nuremberg by mid-1507, beginning a long period based in Germany before his Netherlands journey. Settlement coordinates; the source supports only year-level precision.

12. Arrival in Frankfurt

    1520-07-01 · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

    Dürer reached Frankfurt during his route from Nuremberg toward the Rhine and the Low Countries. The diary's feast-day dating is retained at month precision; settlement coordinates.

13. Departure for the Netherlands

    1520-07-01 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

    Dürer began his final major journey with his wife, leaving Nuremberg for the Netherlands to pursue confirmation of his imperial pension. The diary identifies a Thursday after St Kilian's Day but this chronology retains month precision.

14. First night of Netherlands journey

    1520-07-01 · Baiersdorf, Bavaria, Germany

    On the opening day of the Netherlands journey, Dürer and his wife lodged at Baiersdorf after passing through Erlangen. The diary's feast-day dating is retained at month precision; settlement coordinates.

15. First stay in Cologne

    1520-07-01 · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Dürer arrived in Cologne by boat on the outward journey and spent time there with relatives and other hosts. The diary identifies St James's Day for the preceding leg; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

16. Passage through Schweinfurt

    1520-07-01 · Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany

    Dürer reached Schweinfurt by boat, where Dr. George Rebart hosted him and supplied wine. The diary's feast-day dating is retained at month precision; settlement coordinates.

17. Rhine departure from Mainz

    1520-07-01 · Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

    Dürer left Mainz by the Rhine route, traveling downstream through a succession of Rhineland towns toward Cologne. The diary dates this departure by a feast day; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

18. River departure from Bamberg

    1520-07-01 · Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

    Dürer paid boatmen for the river journey onward from Bamberg toward Frankfurt during the first stage of his Netherlands journey. The diary's feast-day dating is retained at month precision; settlement coordinates.

19. Stop at Forchheim

    1520-07-01 · Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany

    The day after lodging at Baiersdorf, Dürer and his party came to Forchheim while traveling toward Bamberg. The diary's feast-day dating is retained at month precision; settlement coordinates.

20. Arrival and reception in Antwerp

    1520-08-01 · Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium

    

    Dürer reached Antwerp, where the Fugger factor Bernhard Stecher hosted him on the evening of his arrival; he then became active in the city's artistic and mercantile circles. The diary sequence places the arrival in August 1520; settlement coordinates.

21. Visit to Brussels

    1520-08-01 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

    Dürer traveled from Antwerp via Mechelen and Vilvoorde to Brussels, where he dined with Nuremberg associates and examined artworks and objects brought from overseas. The diary dates the departure as the Sunday after St Bartholomew's; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

22. Second stay in Cologne

    1520-10-01 · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    

    After Aachen, Dürer returned to Cologne, where he stayed with Nuremberg contacts and continued making portraits and exchanging prints. The feast-day expression falls in late October; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

23. Visit to Aachen and coronation

    1520-10-23 · Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    

    Dürer was in Aachen for the coronation of Charles V and recorded seeing the ceremony's grandeur. Settlement coordinates.

24. Overnight in Nijmegen

    1520-11-01 · Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

    On his return from Cologne to Antwerp, Dürer reached Nijmegen and stayed there overnight before continuing through the Dutch river towns. The diary places this journey after St Martin's Day in 1520; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

25. Visit to 's-Hertogenbosch

    1520-11-01 · 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

    Dürer traveled by boat and hired horses to 's-Hertogenbosch, where local goldsmiths welcomed him. Herzogenbusch is the historical German name for 's-Hertogenbosch; month precision is used.

26. Zeeland excursion: Arnemuiden

    1520-12-01 · Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Netherlands

    Dürer traveled onward from Goes to Arnemuiden, where he lodged overnight after a dangerous maritime incident. The diary's sequence places this in December 1520; settlement coordinates.

27. Zeeland excursion: Bergen op Zoom

    1520-12-01 · Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands

    

    Dürer left Antwerp for Bergen op Zoom at the start of his Zeeland excursion and made several portraits there. St Barbara's Eve is 3 December; month precision is retained because the diary's calendrical convention is not independently normalized here.

28. Zeeland excursion: Goes

    1520-12-01 · Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands

    

    During the Zeeland excursion, Dürer reached Goes and drew a local girl in the costume of the place. The diary's sequence places this in December 1520; settlement coordinates.

29. Zeeland excursion: Middelburg

    1520-12-01 · Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

    Dürer traveled from Arnemuiden to Middelburg, where he viewed Jan Gossaert's painting in the abbey. The diary's sequence places this in December 1520; settlement coordinates.

30. Visit to Bruges

    1521-04-01 · Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium

    Dürer traveled from Antwerp to Bruges, lodged with Jan Provoost, and was received by the city's painters, goldsmiths, and merchants. The diary section is headed 'April 6-11, 1521'; month precision is used because the narrative's weekday dating is not independently normalized here.

31. Visit to Ghent

    1521-04-01 · Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

    

    From Bruges, Dürer traveled to Ghent, where the dean and leading painters received him and showed him Jan van Eyck's altarpiece. The diary section is headed 'April 6-11, 1521'; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

32. Second visit to Mechelen

    1521-06-01 · Mechelen, Antwerp Province, Belgium

    Dürer and Agnes visited Mechelen and Margaret of Austria; he lodged with a painter, met artists and sculptors, and viewed Margaret's collection. The feast-day formula falls in June 1521; month precision is used. Settlement coordinates.

33. Return home to Nuremberg

    1521-07-01 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

    

    After obtaining confirmation of his pension, Dürer returned home from the Netherlands, already suffering an illness that would affect his final years. The source identifies only July; settlement coordinates.

34. Death in Nuremberg

    1528-04-06 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

    

    Dürer died in his home city of Nuremberg at age fifty-six. The article infobox gives the date as 6 April 1528; settlement coordinates.