Portrait of a Venetian Woman

Dürer's Portrait of a Venetian Woman from 1505 was painted during his second Italian journey to Venice. The portrait reveals Dürer's fascination with Venetian feminine beauty and his ability to adapt his precise Northern technique to the warmer, more sensuous aesthetic of the lagoon city Albrecht Dürer brought Italian Renaissance ideas north, combining German Gothic tradition with classical proportions to become the dominant artist in the German-speaking world.

The warm, golden flesh tones and softer modeling show Dürer absorbing Venetian coloristic influences, while his characteristic precision in rendering the hair and costume maintains his Northern identity.