Albrecht Durer and Nuremberg

November 13, 2012 by Elizabeth

Book Cover: Crimes in the Art

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The first hint that I had that there were sexual stories in Albrecht Dürer’s prints came from the discovery of the embedded code that I found in the print known called by other art historians The Promenade or the Young Couple Threatened by Death.

The 1498 Promenade - Visualization

THE FIRST HIDDEN CODED MESSAGE FOUND

The hidden neckline code. What you see on the left of the diadem (brooch) is O N then a heraldic rosette...

Visual References

Nuremberg Headdress
Venetian Women Study
Willibald Pirkheimer