# Albrecht Dürer on the Balcony of his House [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SCOTT, William Bell]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm ## Commentary Dürer's fame was greater than that of his contemporaries. His commanding presence looms literally and figuratively over Nuremberg in this picture. He stands on a balcony, watching people and animals passing through the massive Tiergartnertor. Across the square is Pilate's House, where annual passion plays were once staged, and the mighty castle dominating the ridge. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()