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Albrecht Dürer and Jakob Heller: The tension between art and money in the 16th century

Painter Albrecht Dürer demands fair compensation for an altarpiece commissioned in 1507.

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His correspondence with patron Jakob Heller highlights the financial stakes of artistic creation during the Renaissance.

This relationship sheds light on power dynamics between artists and patrons before the modern era.

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