Focus on this artwork and explain the Influence.
The art historian Christa Grössinger described the drawing as the "most affecting of all" of Dürer's portraits. David Price wrote of its "rough depiction of her flesh emaciated by old age", and "existential piety in the cast of Barbara Dürer's right eye, which, almost unnaturally, directs her vision heavenward." It is inscribed at the top with the year 1514. Large text to the top right reads, "This is Albrecht Dürer's mother when she was 63", while in smaller lettering just below these Dürer inscribes "and she passed away in the year 1514, on Tuesday before Rogation Week (May 16), about two hours before nightfall".Robert Beverly Hale praised the drawing, particularly the structure of the eye, for its attention to anatomical detail and the clarity with which the orbital cavity is described. Observing that the near eye is spherical in shape, he noted that Dürer's "treated the lids as ribbons of flesh" stretched over the eye. The iris of the near eye includes two small highlights side by side, indicating that this was drawn in a room with multiple light sources.
Christa Grössinger Robert Beverly Hale Rogation Albrecht Dürer