Albrecht Durer was a German Renaissance artist who lived in the 15th and 16th Centuries. His portraits and watercolors are beautiful, but he also did engravings. He was also a mathematical theorist. A real Renaissance man.
Albrecht (1255-1308) was the oldest son of German King Rudolf I and his wife Gertrud of Hohenburg. He later became King Albrecht I of Germany (also known as Albert I).