Durer exhibition - the real discovery
May 2 2012
Picture: Playmobil
A reader writes:
I enjoyed reading your story on Durer, but for once your journalistic instincts have deserted you. Somehow you've missed the big story about the Nuremburg show - which is that, in his honour, Playmobil have produced a special-edition mini Durer figure, painting his self-portrait.
I got one at the Prado a couple of months ago - you can pick them up from the Nuremburg tourist office, here:
http://tourismus.nuernberg.de/shop/
I mean, how cool is that?
This goes way beyond cool. The only thing wrong with it is the suggested age range, '4-10'. Every art historically minded adult must surely want one. I want several. In fact, I want a whole edition of artists painting their self-portraits (starting with Van Dyck).
Longstanding readers may remember another art historical toy featured here on AHN, the unique Ken-as-David Michelangelo homage. If you know of any others, send them in!
